Luis Arce leads the intention to vote with 41.9%, for the elections in Bolivia

In addition, the CELAG study shows that there is a majority refusal to the Government of Jeanine Áñez

Luis Arce leads the preferences of the citizens for the next elections in Bolivia with 41.9% of voting intention. In second place is Carlos Mesa 26.8% and in third place is the current president Áñez with 13.3% support. The survey is from the Latin American Strategic Center for Geopolitics (CELAG)

Arce is the candidate for the Movement for Socialism (MAS), backed by former President Evo Morales. Elections are scheduled for September 6, 2020.

In several interventions, he warned that the de facto government, led by Jeanine Áñez, intends to postpone the elections, as well as the acts of corruption that have occurred in the country “since the coup against Morales was carried out.”

The elections would take place in the midst of a pandemic experienced by the world due to COVID-19.

In an interview for Telesur, Arce said that MAS militants have respected biosafety protocols.

“We recommend that our militants take care of their health when they carry out the electoral campaign. We must be imaginative to carry out electoral campaigns respecting social contact and avoid contagions, “he added.

In its fifth quantitative opinion study on the social and political situation in Bolivia, CELAG reports that 9 out of 10 Bolivians have had their income affected by the current economic crisis:

52.1% reduced their income and 38.2% stopped receiving all their income due to the crisis.

Regarding the management of the Áñez government, there is a mostly negative evaluation among Bolivians.

In relation to the management of the health crisis caused by the pandemic, 59.8% of Bolivians have a negative opinion, and in relation to economic management, disapproval grows to 65.2%.

The study was carried out based on 2,000 telephone interviews conducted through the CATI system nationwide between June and July, in the nine departments of the country and with representation of rural and urban areas in the same proportion as in the total population. The maximum margin of error is +/- 2.19%, with a 95% confidence interval.

Enter the full study: HERE