Citizens protest tonight in the cities of Cochabamba against the modification of the regulations in the Legislative Chambers to skip the requirement of two thirds in different articles.

In Cochabamba, a rally was held in the Plaza de las Banderas, where some young people took the floor to express their rejection of the modification of the regulations.

At the end of the rally, a group went to the Departmental Parliamentary Brigade, located in front of Plaza Colón, to block the street and set tires on fire in protest.

In the last session of the Senate, two thirds of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) modified the regulation of debates of this legislative body and annulled the approval by two thirds of 12 types of decisions, accommodating this concept to an absolute majority. This party also made a similar reform in the regulations of the Chamber of Deputies.

In the general elections on October 18, the MAS achieved a parliamentary majority, but was unable to revalidate the two-thirds it held in the last two legislative periods.

With the changes introduced, Parliament will be able to approve with a simple majority matters such as the promotion of military and police positions, the appointment of ambassadors, or the creation of special investigation commissions.

Although it maintains two thirds for others established in the Constitution, such as the appointment of the attorney general, the Ombudsman, the comptroller or members of the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

Soundbite 1 - Activist (male, unknown age)
"We do not give up, we do not get tired, firm with the fight."

Soundbite 2 - Activist (male, unknown age)
"If last year we had not had evidence, we did not achieve anything, we need to find the necessary evidence and that is what we have to do in order to continue and avoid a new dictatorship"

Soundbite 3 - Activist (female, unknown age)
"The MAS party would not have to have participated in the fraud that has been demonstrated and committed in 2019."

Soundbite 4 - Marina Zambrana - Neighbor of Tiquipaya (female, unknown age)
"Join me brothers for this annulment of these elections, which are NULL, NULL, ZERO, NULL."