Former Bolivian President Evo Morales celebrated the "triumph" of the null vote, which surpassed 19 percent in this Sunday's elections in the Latin American country, days after he argued that if this option prevailed, it would mean his victory.
"I take this opportunity to congratulate the Bolivian people on this victory, where the spoiled vote prevails in these national elections. Congratulations to you," he said in statements reported by the ERMOL radio station, while denying the legitimacy of any party claiming to be the "winning party" in the elections.
Morales has emphasized that "the struggle continues" and has called a meeting for this Wednesday, August 20, in his stronghold, the Cochabamba Tropics.
The former president already stated during an election event a few days ago that "if the spoiled vote wins the election, if the spoiled vote gets 25 percent on Sunday, Evo won the election, comrades."
However, according to preliminary data provided by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the spoiled vote has not reached 20 percent, while the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) candidate, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, has garnered 32 percent of the votes and will compete in the second round of the presidential election against the Alianza Libre candidate, Jorge Tuto Quiroga, who has obtained almost 27 percent of the votes.
