Bolivian President Evo Morales made a public call Tuesday for the opposition governors of five large provinces to withdraw their plans to declare independence scheduled for Saturday, according to news reaching here.
Morales invited the governors, known as prefects, to join talks on the law and statutes giving greater autonomy, and urged them to declare a Christmas truce.
He said the nation's new constitution, passed by the Constituent Assembly at a weekend meeting in the southwestern province of Oruro, includes several levels of autonomy: departmental, indigenous, municipal and provincial.
At a meeting in Cochabamba the following prefects have rejected the new constitution and announced plans for autonomy: Santa Cruz's Ruben Costas, Tarijas's Mario Cossio, Pando's Leopoldo Fernandez, Beni's Ernesto Suarez and Cochabamba's Manfred Reyes Villa.
Implementing two sets of rules in a region is illegal and unconstitutional, Morales said.
Source: Xinhua
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