25/10/2019 (Agence Europe) – On the evening of Thursday, 24 October, the spokesperson for the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs announced that she “fully” shares the view of the Organisation of American States (OAS) that “the Bolivian authorities should finalise the ongoing counting process and that the best option would be to hold a second round to restore trust”. On the same day, Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal reported that President Evo Morales had won the presidential election with 47.06% of the votes against 36.52% for Carlos Mesa, his principal opponent. The EU is calling on the Bolivian authorities to take action to guarantee the “credibility” of the electoral process, warning that cooperation with Bolivia, which is based on democratic values, could be frozen “at any time”. The OAS highlighted the unexpected interruption in the publication of the election results. (MB)