Morales Says Elections May Be Next Year

Bolivian president, Evo Morales, has indicated that general elections may be held as early as next year if the country’s new constitution has been drawn up and approved by then. Morales began his five-year term at the beginning of last year but called for a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the country’s constitution with which to “refound” Bolivia. The Assembly has until this August to finish drawing up the new document after which it will be put to a national referendum, perhaps by the end of this year or the beginning of next. Once approved, the Constitution calls for new elections.