Bolivia's President Evo Morales addresses the nation in La Paz, Wednesday, Dic. 5, 2007. Morales announced he would ask for a referendum on whether to continue as president, and challenged opposition governors to do the same. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) Associated Press
December 5, 2007
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Wednesday he would ask for a referendum on whether he should remain president, and challenged opposition governors to do the same.
Bolivia has been paralyzed by violent street protests as the opposition accuses Morales of acting illegally and seeking to concentrate his own power through a proposed constitutional overhaul.
Speaking on national television, Bolivia's first indigenous president said he would send congress a proposal to put his leadership to a popular "rapid vote."
"If the people say that I should go, I don't have any problem with that. Let the people say who goes and who stays," Morales said.
"If they are democrats, let's bet on democracy," he said, challenging opposition leaders among Bolivia's nine provincial governors...
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