Without Governability, Agreements and Majorities Are Insufficient - La Patria Newspaper

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In 2002, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada won the elections with a very narrow margin. The vote had spread among four main forces: the MNR with 22.46% (47 parliamentarians); the MAS with 20.94% (35); the NFR with 20.91% (27); and the MIR with 16.32% (31). The MNR did not have a legislative majority to implement its electoral proposal and therefore decided to make a co-government pact with the MIR, which NFR joined a year later, securing 105 votes and t…

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By: Ronald Nostas Ardaya. Industrialist and former President of the Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia. In 2002, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada won the elections by a very narrow margin. The vote had been dispersed among four main forces: the MNR with 22.46% (47 parliamentarians); the MAS with 20.94% (35); NFR with 20.91% (27); and the MIR with 16.32% (31). On its own, the MNR did not have the legislative majority to implement its elec…