Solidarity with Evo Morales

That the Parliament views with deep concern the intervention by the high command of the Bolivian army in that country’s democracy and the resulting resignation of Evo Morales after his election as President in the recent elections when he received 47% of the vote with his nearest rival receiving 37%; notes the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recent report on the growth of Bolivia’s economy since Morales was first elected in 2006, which identifies it as having one of the highest growth rates in Latin America at 4.9% per annum and furthermore that the country’s 2018 growth rate remained one of the highest on the continent; understands that the IMF also reports that extreme poverty in Bolivia has been reduced by half over this period with a rapid extension of social and health provision on the basis of need to all Bolivians; views the earlier intervention by the Washington-based Organization of American States in the internal affairs of Bolivia as gravely prejudicial to democracy across the Americas, and defends Evo Morales’ project to bring justice to the majority indigenous population of Bolivia, which it considers was previously denied basic citizenship rights; expresses its support for those in Bolivia who defend its democracy, and stands in solidarity with Evo Morales.