Bolivian President Evo Morales Thursday called governors of all nine provinces to meet over the political crisis triggered by an autonomy referendum in the rich province of Santa Cruz.
At the meeting, scheduled Monday afternoon in La Paz, Morales and his governors will "discuss, debate and guarantee autonomy," the president said in a televised speech.
"I repeat, with social justice, with equality, with unity of all our people to build an autonomy for the national majorities, Iam willing to work together with the governors for an autonomy forall Bolivians, an autonomy that unites, an autonomy with social justice."
However, governors from the provinces of Tarija, Beni and Pando, where autonomy referendums are scheduled in June, said Thursday that they would not meet with Morales before the referendums.
The crisis came after the richest province of Santa Cruz voted in favor of autonomy from the central government in a referendum on May 4, when clashes between supporters and opponents of Moralesleft one person dead and more than 30 others injured.
Tensions have prevailed throughout Santa Cruz as the Morales-led government labeled the referendum illegal.
Source:Xinhua
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