The son of an former president advanced to the second round with more than 32% of the votes, in an unexpected twist of the electorate.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira won the first electoral round and shook the Bolivian political scenario.
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Rodrigo Paz Pereira led the first presidential lap in Bolivia with more than 32% of the votessurpassing the favorites of the surveys and consolidating an unexpected prominence in the contest. The candidate of Christian Democratic Party (PDC) He will face the Ballory of October 19 with the former conservative president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga.
Electoral participation involved more than 7.9 million voters and evidenced one historical fall of the MASEvo Morales’ party, which barely obtained a 3% of support. Andrónico Rodríguez and Manfred Reyes Villa were left with 8% and 7%, while Samuel Doria Medina, third in the first round, announced his support for Paz Pereira.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira
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The election shows a significant political turn in Bolivia. Paz managed to impose itself despite an initial modest campaign in the face of the deployment of other opposition candidates, consolidating their position through strategic alliances and one PROPOSAL OF ECONOMIC REFORMS focused on accessible credits, free import and promotion of the national industry.
Who is Rodrigo Paz Pereira
Son of the former president Jaime Paz Zamora and of the Spanish Carmen PereiraRodrigo Paz was born in Santiago de Compostela in 1967 and lived his childhood in different countries due to exile from their parents during the Military governments in Bolivia. Training economist and with studies in international relations, accumulated experience in the public sector as Deputy, Councilor, Mayor of Tarija (2015-2020) and currently senator by the opposition force Citizen Community.
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His campaign stood out for maintaining a more modest profile than his rivals, but with a clear strategy: Take advantage of your public and family recognition To consolidate trust among voters, adding key supports such as Doria Medina for the second round.
Paz Pereira promised in his speeches Incorporate the middle and low classes to the country’s economic classes and advanced tax reforms to encourage national production. “This is a sign of changeand that sign of change is the greatness of the Bolivian people who want another destination, ”he said in La Paz, remembering that a second decisive round still remains.
Source: Ambito
