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New presidents of Senate, Lower
House elected in Bolivia
Bolivian parliamentarians Sandro
Giordano and Norah Soruco were
elected Thursday as presidents
of the Senate and the Chamber of
Deputies respectively, according
to reports from Bolivia's
capital La Paz.
Giordano, of the conservative
Nationalist Revolutionary
Movement, replaces Senate
president Hormando Vaca Diez,
with the unanimous support all
27 members of the Senate.
Soruco takes over the leadership
of the Chamber of Deputies from
Mario Cossio. Cossio plans to
run for the governorship of the
Tarija department in the Dec. 4
general elections.
Giordano highlighted the
parliament's good work during
the political crisis in May and
June, which led to the
resignation of ex-President
Carlos Mesa and the appointment
on June 9 of Eduardo Rodriguez
as the new president.
"We must acknowledge that this
power had the ability to avoid
the confrontation between
Bolivians and conserve
democracy, which is the best
thing we have," Giordano said.
In the recent crisis, Vaca Diez
and Cossio gave up their rights
to take up the presidency in
order to allow Rodriguez to
become the new president.
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