assembly mariana. will lauren though the most important thing that is about to happen in bolivia right now is that to the national assembly is moving forward to be able to name a new precedent that would be johnny i knew 52 year old lawyer and senator who has accepted the day before yesterday has accepted to be sworn in as an interim president of bolivia now. the common knowledge has been throughout these past few days that there needed to be a quorum to be able to reach that decision at the national assembly where there needed to be a 50 percent of lawyers plus one to be able to have that quorum apparently that is not the case there is a legal recourse that can be used now and close additional lawyers are explaining that there is an article of the constitution back to also by constitutional sentence that says that even if there is no quorum to be able to swear her it is to swear a new interim president in that they need to protect and comply with the mandate of the constitution that says the body get

of the national assembly. qed, therefore we have the obligation to recognize that that fundamental decision must be made or endorsed by that individual himself or whoever might be the interim president at that point in time. i do acknowledge the likelihood -- depending on how, as francisco was saying -- if it is a negotiated and consensual transition, then perhaps there is less requirement for some international security or stabilization force in country to provide basic law and order for the shortest period of time possible until such time as a reduced international force that looks more regional and less global, and then finally venezuelans can provide that service. if it is a complete collapse, complete disorder, a tremendous amount of violence on the streets, then whatever force would have to be more muscular and have visibly a different mission set and set of rules of engagement. southcom, which is an intelligent organization and good at these sorts of things, because unlike virtually all of the other spe

that's right to barbara we are in front of the national assembly where it again in a ng is arrived a little while ago with other members of the national assembly who are in an emergency meeting is she has accepted to be named the next interim president of bolivia and she is 52 years old a politician and she was a t.v. presenter and a member of the democratic union party like i said she has accepted to be the interim president of bolivia and as she was arriving here at the national assembly she briefly talked to the president said that they already have a timetable although she will be sworn in tomorrow and in that timetable she referred to january 22 for the next date. for formally we have to already have a president a new president so looking forward there are 2 disputes sure believe it what about ever more alister the president was just a down what's next for him. well it will more than this has gone to the area where he came from where he began as a union leader of the coca farmers that's the area of child body the region of cochabamba and he's going back there he says this is a p

the national assembly's terms run out next year. and if they get -- so the government has said we're going to have parliamentary elections and trying to minimize the possibility and they bring up the parliamentary election. at least they say that it's going to happen in the right year and there will be some others whereby they try to bring the opposition into the election and in which the political opposition will tend to abstain. this may be even in this case the cure would be worse than the disease because people might be fooled by this process and try to get involved in it. despite the limitations that will be present in these elections. and in my view, that will be the major debate over the last quarter. >> very well, it's 12:15. we are scheduled to end at 12:30. but with your permission, we'll go on a little bit later. you can ask luis vicente any questions you might have and then think about the questions and go up to the microphone. we have them on both sides of the room. and then i have the last question for you myself, mr.

of the national assembly controlled by his opponent's. constitutional move absolutely. the opposition had twice considered using the same procedure to remove chavez from office in 2007. in 2016. before the gun bill. was a decision ethical. i may not be qualified to say. in my country as well as an entirely the banker was appointed prime minister. the referendum was ignored. in europe we cancelled a total of 5 referendums because the citizens haven't voted as the e.u. wanted them to. those decisions constitutional maybe they were. also ethical and democratic. senate approves the new election but excludes the them of all those from the standing. swedish prosecutors dropped their almost decade long rape investigation against julian assange starting insufficient evidence it's believed that this mission clears the way to speed up the wiki leaks founder of the extradition to the united states to lead you k. where he's currently in prison. also in the stories that shape the week washington pulls the plug on a key element of the a wrong nuclear d

i think you get the most severely candidate when you strip for the national assembly is that normal a lot of these people from other countries part of this the grassroots national movement somebody like me who is an american i've lived practically all my life the united states except for 10 or 15 years here can also become on and be considered for you know the national board of the cop on national assembly which is a it's a lobby it's not a political it's not it's not an elected office volunteer group. is elected because you go it was a little bit that's true but it's but i mean it's not you know it's not an elected government of government yes a governmental body but in terms of your own contribution to the national assembly the splash roots movement and clearly the your expertise. in online masters has not been a big influence in the this bulging growth of the castle and independence movement the fact that so much more this possible in terms of causes for the with the democratization that comes with the online process i mean same people can absolutely absolutely i mean it wouldn't

national assembly controlled by his opponents. was it a constitutional move absolutely. the opposition had twice considered using the same procedure to remove chavez from office in 2007. in 2016. before the gun bill. was a decision ethical. i may not be qualified to say. in my country as well as in italy the banker was appointed prime minister. the referendum was ignored. in europe we cancelled a total of 5 referendums because the citizens hadn't voted as the e.u. wanted them to. was those decisions constitutional maybe they were but also ethical and democratic . in venezuela after the 2015 crisis the part of the right wing opposition started boycotting elections. they asked the un not to send experts who could determine whether fraud had been attempted. democracy in venezuela goes into turmoil this is the government solely responsible or is it also the ghost of the 2002 coup. several coup instigators will never go to prison and will form the hard core of the right wing office. it's interesting that. many of the opposition politic

where is the presidential palace not only that the national assembly behind me where in the last couple of hours we've seen green a few legislators slowly coming here one legislator from the opposition said that they are calling for they want to convene to call for calm in the country and they ringback want legislators from iraq what alice's party to must also join because there's a lot of things they have to talk about. most importantly there needs to be a new president an interim president it will be senator jenny aeneas from the from an opposition party she apparently will be named as interim president today however there needs to be a quorum that needs to be people from both sides so we have to see all of these legislators coming in to the national assembly also the former president of bolivia a whole hicky daughter has been here and he's been talking to the press saying that is the. national assembly has to formally accept the resignation of it all more or less they do not have to wait for more alice's signature on the paper and they have to be clear the know it all to get past the

board of the cop on national assembly which is a it's a lobby it's not a political it's not it's not an elected office volunteer group. is elected who should go it was a little bit less true but it's what i mean it's not you know it's not an elected as a government of government yes a governmental body but in terms of your own contribution to the nationalists able to this grassroots movement and clearly the your expertise. in online masters has not been a big influence in the this burgeoning growth of the castle and independence movement the fact that so much more this possible in terms of causes for the with the democratization that comes with the online process is that we same people can absolutely absolutely i mean it wouldn't we wouldn't be here if it weren't for twitter and facebook and particularly what's up lately and telegram and signal and whatever else you know is coming now but you've also been a very articulate voice for the cattle and independence movement in the in the media little white again you have an advantage because you know as a native english speaker you're abl

on that date, there will be national assembly elections. they're all up for grabs. there's a lot of reasons why that election is important but let me focus on one. under articles 130, the president can propose amendments to the constitution. article 30 provides proposals to amend the constitution and must reserve at least two thirds of the votes in the national assembly. after that, he goes to a popular referendum. in that, delete a simple majority of the people of south korea have to approve. mood is unpopular as yes, click very well get that simple majority because after all, he is counting the boats. the most important thing for the opposition in korea, those who want to preserve their democracy is to make sure you take back control of the national assembly. the main opposition party, liberty career party currently holds 110 of those 300 seats. small conservative parties hold others. it's important that they actually get at least 100 seats and hopefully one. we know if that don't, party, the democratic party of korea tried to amend the constitution. april 15 is d

board of the cop on national assembly which is a it's a lobby it's not a political it's not it's not an elected office volunteer group. is elected who should go it was a little bit that's true but it's what i mean it's not you know it's not an elective as there are government of government yes a governmental body but in terms of your own contribution to the national assembly this grassroots movement and clearly the your expertise of the. online masters has not been a big influence in the the bulging growth of the castle and independence movement the fact that so much more this possible in terms of causes for the with the democratization that comes with the online process is that we same people can absolutely absolutely i mean it wouldn't we wouldn't be here if it weren't for twitter and facebook and particularly what's up lately and telegram and signal and whatever else you know is coming now but you've also been a very articulate voice for the cattle and independence movement. in the media world wait again you have an advantage because you know as a native english speaker you're abl

national assembly will appoint. a new electoral tribunal the supreme electoral tribunal of 7 members 2 of which have to be indigenous 3 of them women and they will have 20 days to officially call elections and then there comes a pure period of about $120.00 days for elections to be hailed it's unclear so when that will happen. thank you very much. at least 16 people have been killed in severe flooding in northwestern kenya the unusually heavy rains began on friday in west pocket county causing mudslides that swept away 4 bridges and cut off an entire village so high right reports. these men are assessing the damage caused by saturday's flooding and landslides in kenya's west because county rescue workers are still pulling bodies from under the months and rubble. present who will kenyatta has said the armed forces to help he promises that every missing person will be accounted for the roads and bridges destroyed rescue efforts have been delayed in many parts of the county parties. to walk as long as for us to just be

assembly approved. violence including members of. party. hope this helps to begin to. have a dialogue we don't want any more dead or repression we don't want people to timed off and all we did our responsibility is to open a national dialogue. the deal was reached to protestors began clearing road blocks around the country. and the government withdrew the decree that allowed the armed forces and police the use of force. dozens of people have died since the atoll relection and international organizations say were full of irregularities now the national assembly will appoint the 7 member supreme electoral tribunal that must include 3 women and 2 indigenous bolivians they will have 20 days for fish only call elections. the effects are being felt already in central or past some stores remained closed while other vendors began unpacking their products. she's lost a lot of have been closed for 2 weeks to see the western people i feel much better now although sad for what happened i want peace in bolivia and i

legislators are slowly making their way here to the national assembly one senator told us that he wants to call for peace and bring back stability in the country and that's what all the legislators should do including members of the mosque party of what alice is party he says that they should all come here and begin to bring the country forward the most important thing folly to for them in the agenda is to swear in a new interim president is the vice president. resigned yesterday as well as the senate president who should have been the next in line so now. another senator from an opposition party yemeni i'm yours has accepted to be sworn in and the most important thing on the agenda for now is to call in for new elections and so what do we know about the whereabouts of a moron is mariana what's going to be next for him. well it will not alice is in the area of chuck body in the kotel bomba is a region that is forest that's the place where he rose as a very important union leader with the coca farmers he's gone back there that's where he's. he has a strong support from the coca farmers b

assembly will appoint the 7 member supreme electoral tribunal that must think 3 women and 2 levy and they will have 20 days wolfishly call elections. the effects are being felt already in central or past some stores remained closed while other vendors began unpacking their products. she's lost a lot after being closed for 2 weeks. i feel much better now although sad for what happened i want peace in bolivia and hope that the person who wins the election will take the country forward. some people however see peace. won't be restored until those responsible for those killed in the protests are brought to justice. i'm not satisfied nothing has been resolved authorities say nothing happened that's a law i have to be investigations however most believe me and say the sooner and actions are held the sooner peace will be restored again i just i just. one of america's richest men has answers the white house race former new york mayor michael bloomberg joins an already crowded stem across that fields and one big mistake from his past has come back to haunt him kristen salumi has more. mike bl

these are live pictures coming from the national assembly actually we just saw moments ago planes. congratulations and hugs for the president senator who will take over hugh so we've got 2 correspondents covering the story john holmes in mexico city where even morality is a bit with you in a moment john i do want to start with money in asuncion is in the positive and i can hear a syringe. yes come all i can hear you well ok go ahead tell us what's happening just now as you were saying that. yes yes right now there's a lot of tensions and a lot of people running. the news has been named interim president just a few minutes ago as you just said right now you can see behind me on the doorsteps all of the of the. the national assembly she was going to walk out the door to speak to the press we are live she has done that that session that began just a few minutes ago we thought that it was going to take a while but it is the. swearing in has been a really fast ride after that happened just a few minutes ago we started hearing explosions and we're hearing people shouting in the area surr

assembly the italian city of venice is bracing itself for more floods putting people's homes at risk the waters have already damaged several major historic sites including setbacks pacific those are the headlines and used to tease here on out 0 after inside story. inhumane and dangerous our rights groups describe conditions in a positive migrant camp post-meal struggling to cope with the influx of thousands of people fleeing foreign policy taking the new bulk of the route to europe so who should be tackling this crisis and how this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan no running water or electricity portable toilets that are rotting flimsy leaking tents and rubbish everywhere built on an old landfill site next to a mine field.

assembly before that protest was broken up to the demonstrations are hard to categorize as left wing or right wing people just seem fed up with the conservative government of president even dukie. your deputy cannot get only one i voted for him but i'm saying to do can show you a phase brother don't allow there to be another drop of blood let me show your face mr president let him. later in the day do kate did show his face appearing on television to call for dialogue. but if you do that but you mustn't mana starting next week i will launch a national dialogue to strengthen the current a social policy agenda. we will work to develop a medium to long term vision. that's what hope is to deal with inequality in our society just as. the demonstrations were kicked off by the rumor of changes to pensions and labor laws colombia is dealing with long simmering tensions over corruption and then equality unemployment especially for the youth is high duke is conservative government has seen its popularity plummet. about what happened cannot be just a fight but protesting is the only way to make

assembly they are presidential candidates the current incumbent is also likely to secure a 2nd 5 year term bot poll suggests gun go up could receive far fewer votes than in 2 into 14 groups the worsening economic crisis. the final election rally of namibian president hogg again got. his supporters are putting their best foot forward to whip up enthusiasm for the president's campaign . this stadium is less than full but gain gobs victory and that of his ruling swapo party are all but assured. they have been in power in the country since independence 3 decades ago a gang of uses this past to appeal to the voters. who are. or who. you were what we have gone. the opposition center right p.d.n. party are also doing their best to create an atmosphere. where candidate mchenry banani was the runner up in the 2014 poll but he secured less than 5 percent of the vote then and polls suggest his party's support base remains narrow. ironically the greatest threat to the ruling swapo party. could be this man. a former dentist he's a member of swapo but he's running as an independent some analysts sa

with the ruling party boycotting the national assembly she told opposition lawmakers that she had to step into the breach and take the president i actually i assume the state presidency immediately as specified in the constitution for me. but longtime leader evo morales a shadow still looms over events at the morales is now in mexico where he was granted asylum after he resigned from there he is continuing to reel against his removal from power her. on twitter morales quickly responded to and yes his declaration writing. the sneakiest and most nefarious coup in history has been completed a right wing coup mongering senator has proclaimed himself president of the senate and then interim president of bolivia a former president told the news that morales is after a legit vote rigging was necessary in order to save democracy. and that i will leave you the lesson bolivia will learn is that a government that takes a step outside the rule of the law must be condemned by the bolivian people and the international community because when you allow the 1st violation the 2nd and 3rd come too and

that's right laura and this area where the presidential palace and the national assembly is completely sealed by by riot police there's another ring of protection by the army we have seen that assist few thousands of those protesters that come from the city a stronghold a bastion of supporters for it will not alice have come here they were very violent in the last few days but what we've been able to see is many people here who have come they are calm they are not clashing with the police there are some explosions be in. it been heard it's the use of dynamite that traditionally is used in the and this is a common thing we haven't seen clashes we haven't seen any police throwing tear gas when there are water trucks positioned but what we've heard is some members of some representative of these protests of these protests are saying that they want to come and want to be able to read a letter here at the national assembly saying that they did not agree that senator yeah i mean there i knew this is should be sworn in as the new interim president they don't want that they don't give an alter

and the area surrounding this presidential palace on the national assembly is has been sealed off by riot police and protesters opposition protesters whom i'm chained there barricades since looked over 20 election and just a few minutes ago. a woman called a yemeni an yes she has she has just arrived she will be sworn in as the interim president of bolivia she accepted this after the vice president resigned after the senator the president of the senate resigned and she was apparently the next in line she has accepted the charges 52 year old lawyer like i say and she has come in to this emergency meeting were other legislators are arriving but not too many it is an emergency meeting and it's it's mandatory so if whoever doesn't come will be penalized they need to have a quorum to be able to swear her in as interim president what. many politicians here have said is that's the main reason and the main objective of this new interim president is to call for new elections in another front in the meantime members of the opposition political politicians of the opposition are reinforcing the

with the ruling party boycotting the national assembly she told opposition lawmakers that she had to step into the breach and take the president's job. approval of the i assume the state presidency immediately as specified in the constitution but only that long time leader ever morale of the shadow still looms over events the time morale is now in mexico where he was granted asylum after he resigned. from there he is continuing to rise against his removal from power. of listening on twitter morale is quickly responded to and he has this declaration writing the sneakiest and most nefarious coup in history has been completed a right wing coup mongering senator has proclaimed himself president of the senate and then interim president of bolivia. a morale is still has his supporters especially among the country's poor indigenous communities they've responded with anger and yes this declaration. less than a month after a presidential election plunged the country into chaos the battle for believe is so only seems to be escalating bringing d.w. course on a deal 100 mira's he is standing by

s calling for a national conversation and an effort to calm things down. more clashes in bogota a 2nd day of widespread protests while police used tear gas in the alleyways thousands gathered in front of the national assembly before that protest was broken up to the demonstrations are hard to categorize as left wing or right wing people just seem fed up with the conservative government of president even dukie. your deputy going to tell you what i voted for him but i'm saying to do can show you a phase brother you don't allow there to be another drop of blood let me show you face mr president but he ended up later in the day do kate did show his face appearing on television to call for dialogue. by the putin approach you must your mana starting next week i will launch a national dialogue to strengthen the current a social policy agenda. we will work to develop a medium to long term vision i see well you know that's what hope is to deal with inequality in our society rachel she adds. the demonstrations were kicked off by the rumor of changes to pensions and