Bolivia The gap in power after President Morales resigned has paved the way for Senate Vice President Jeanine Anez Chavez to take power.

The South American nation of Bolivia fell into chaos after President Evo Morales, who had been in power for 14 consecutive years, suddenly announced his resignation on television on November 10. Shortly thereafter, a series of senior officials such as vice president, president of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the Election Court as well as the commander of the national police all submitted resignations.

According to the Bolivian Constitution, after both the President and the Vice President resigned, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Victor Borda, the President of the Senate Adriana Salvatierra and the First Vice President of the Senate Ruben Medinaceli were on the succession list. .

However, all these people simultaneously resigned, creating a huge vacuum of power. In this context, Jeanine Anez Chavez emerged as the most likely option to take over the power of Morales.

"This is a successor to the constitution, as stipulated in the Bolivian Constitution," said Senate Vice President Anez, explaining himself as the country's interim president.

Anez, 52, graduated in law and is also a lawyer. She is married to Hector Carvajal, a Colombian politician.

In 2006, Anez became involved in politics by becoming a member of the Constitutional Council and drafting the current Bolivian constitution. This is a revised constitution, promoted by Morales during the election, to give more rights to indigenous peoples.

The new constitution, which came into force in 2009, recognizes Bolivia for the first time as a secular country throughout its history, granting indigenous autonomy and restricting private ownership of land.

In 2010, Ms. Anez became a politician as a senator representing the Beni administration. At the time, she joined the Bolivarian Progression Party - National Convergence (PPB-CN), a right-wing coalition and also a political faction opposed to the Morales government in parliament. 2009 election.

In 2014, when the alliance broke down, Anez joined the opposition Democratic Socialist Party in the general election that year. In 2019, she was elected Vice President of the Senate.

She was known as an "adversary" rival to President Morales and repeatedly criticized his policies. When the protests broke out three weeks ago, leading to violent clashes between protesters and police, Anez criticized Morales as a "tyrant" and demanded that he resign.

Morales left his chair after the army and police turned to support the protest movement to protest the controversial election results in October. In this election, Morales declared victory and continued to serve. fourth, while the opposition accused him of fraud and interfere with the voting results.

When Morales read the resignation on television on November 10, Ms. Anez could not convene an emergency Senate meeting to accept the decision, as she was in the Beni area and there was no direct flight. from here to the capital La Paz on Sunday.

On 11/11, Anez flew to the capital and was taken by a military helicopter to the air base and escorted by soldiers to the Senate. There, she announced that the Senate will meet on November 12 to officially accept Morales's resignation. Soon, she will take over the office of the Bolivian President and its leader.

Anez affirmed the sole purpose of the temporary government she led was to ensure a new election would be held, after the October election results were canceled. The new election is likely to be held in December.

"I have to abide by the national constitution. Bolivia is in need of a new election, it's just a transition period," she said.