Jeanine Áñez, after not being invited to the assumption of Alberto Fernández: “I have no affinity with people who do not respect democracy”

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Jeanine Áñez, interim president of Bolivia, said harsh words against Cristina Kirchner, elected vice president of Argentina, after not being invited to the change of command ceremony for the beginning of Alberto Fernández's government.

“They have an ideological affinity that I do not share. Cristina Kirchner is of the same ideology of Evo Morales and they have shown us in an overwhelming way that they despise democracy, so I have no affinity with people who do not respect democracy, which restricts freedoms, ”said the governor, in an interview with the Bolivian newspaper Página Siete.

"I wouldn't even have felt comfortable (going), I don't really have affection or disaffection, I find it very indifferent," he added. Days ago, in an interview with Infobae, he had expressed his differences with Peronism, but he was pressing for an invitation for the ceremony that will be held next Tuesday in Buenos Aires: "We have a lot of relationship with Argentina. They are our clients in the purchase of gas, as is Brazil. Business must be outside of political ideology. We both need each other. "

The president, who assumed power after the resignation of Evo Morales and other senior officials in the line of succession, also referred to the Mexican government, which made efforts to host Morales. “What he has done (President Andrés Manuel) López Obrador with Bolivia was not precisely in the framework of respect for international treaties, first, because he gave him a freedom for him to do politics from Mexico and incite violence. But I think the issue has been adverse to Mr. López Obrador because people have felt outraged, have already made statements because Evo Morales was not exactly respectful.

In the interview, he ruled out that he is considering being a candidate in the elections called, since he said that he is still focused on his main objective: “To leave an oppression of many years, to pacify and unite all Bolivians, because we are tired of being encouraged to hate. "

In addition, he recounted what he considered the most difficult episode since he took office, related to the day eight people died and more than 100 were injured during clashes in Cochabamba. Through tears, he said: “That night, when they tell me that there are eight fallen people, then I then had to claim the Lord and I had to kneel where he touched me and say: 'I did not ask you, you put me, now you have to Get out of this because it's not what I want for my people and tell me if I'm doing things wrong and I'm leaving, but this can't keep happening. ' There I was undone. ”

The violence unleashed by the protests after Morales left and the proclamation of the current interim president, Jeanine Áñez, caused the death of 29 people, according to official data. However, independent agencies raise that figure to 34, coinciding with the records of the local press.