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Colombia Internacional
Print version ISSN 0121-5612
Abstract
VARGAS GAMBOA, Nataly Viviana. The Fiction of the Presidential Primaries in Bolivia. colomb.int. [online]. 2024, n.118, pp.141-167. Epub Apr 22, 2024. ISSN 0121-5612. https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint118.2024.06.
Objective/context:
The system of presidential primaries was introduced into the Bolivian system in 2018 and was applied only once in 2019. This article aims to analyze the causes, characteristics, and effects of the compulsory and simultaneous primary system in Bolivia.
Methodology:
The characteristics of the party system, the method of selecting presidential candidates from 1982 to the present, the existing dynamics in the Legislature, the results of the 2019 primary elections, the current context, and regulations with a view to the 2025 general elections will be analyzed.
Conclusions:
This study shows that the presidential primaries were not on the agenda of the parties and were used by the ruling party to legitimize its presidential ticket. Therefore, using its legislative supermajority and control of other state organs, the primaries are introduced under the exclusive control of the leadership, which vertically decides whether they will be competitive or not.
Originality:
The detail and characteristics of this study offer a high degree of novelty and propose new elements for comparison and academic debate.
Keywords : internal democracy; elections; political parties; presidential primaries..