Bolivia's former president Jeanine Anez arrested
Bolivia's former acting president Jeanine Anez, arrested after coup allegations levelled by her predecessor and rival Evo Morales, denounced her status as a "political prisoner" in remarks posted to Twitter on Sunday.
Writing on her birthday, Anez vowed from pre-trial detention
that "they will not break my spirit, even if they continue to invent
crimes to cover up their own."
The ruling MAS party, she added in a handwritten note posted
to her Twitter account, was keeping her as a "trophy of revenge."
Anez was arrested in March on charges of terrorism, sedition
and conspiracy over what Morales had claimed was a coup attempt against him.
Her detention elicited widespread international condemnation.
The conservative politician had come to power in November
2019 after leftist Morales and several senior allies in his Movement for
Socialism (MAS) resigned following weeks of protest over his controversial
reelection to an unconstitutional fourth term.
As Morales fled into exile after 14 years in power, Anez was
the most senior parliamentarian left and was sworn in by congress as interim
president despite the lack of a quorum, with MAS legislators boycotting the
session.
Morales and his allies then claimed they had been the
victims of a coup.
The MAS was returned to power in elections last October, and
now controls the presidency and Congress.
Anez is accused of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy, among
other crimes. Her former justice and energy ministers are also in detention.
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