Bolivia Starts To Debate Constitutional Reform

Bolivia’s Constituent Assembly, whose 255 members were elected on July 2, will open the debate today, Tuesday, on the future of the country’s Constitution. The Assembly is tasked with reworking the Constitution, despite a lack of consensus between the government and the opposition on how much of a majority is needed to vote through the constitutional reforms. Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous president, has called for radical reform and a “refounding of Bolivia” on behalf of the Indian majority of the population.