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Evo Morales: MAS Is Ready to rule Bolivia after 10th Anniversary
La Paz, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) is ready to rule Bolivia after celebrating the 10th anniversary of its foundation, and has consolidated its position as the first political force in the country, MAS leader Evo Morales said Monday.
The Bolivian leader reiterated his call to govern the country, launched Sunday at a gathering of farmers celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of MAS, also know as the Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples.
Evo Morales said that the problem is not winning the elections anymore but knowing how to rule the country. He added MAS has organized technical teams in the economic, social, judiciary and other sectors.
Morales, representing the Coca farmers in Congress, remarked that his organization is the first Bolivian political force because it won the district elections in December with 18 percent of votes, two points less than in the presidential elections in 2002, when the party was near the first place.
Progressive forces with similar interests to MAS won important victories in the Bolivian district elections in December and the traditional right wing parties were left behind, although analysts expect they are seeking to reorganize their lines by 2007 with ex President Jorge Quiroga as candidate.
Morales said the ideological principles of the organization, anti-imperialist and contrary to neoliberalism, are clear and firm but its members have yet to turn them into a programmatic reality. He reiterated the struggle of his party and popular organizations to achieve national unity, a constituent assembly to transform the country, and to develop a new hydrocarbon law which guarantees 50 percent of revenue to Bolivia.
Morales also called for the unity of Latin America, and praised the presence of representatives from Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela and France at MAS´s 10th anniversary.
From: http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B90EBE9EE-BA62-452D-9EEE-3A64CD0E2340%7D&language=EN