He asked former president Evo Morales not to join those who deny the coup d'état, a matrix that serves disunity and imperialist interference.

The President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, stressed this Sunday that what happened in that country last June 26 was a failed coup d'état and asked former President Evo Morales not to replicate the narrative of fascism, which not only denies it but insists that it was a self-coup planned by the Government.

He asserted that "those responsible who sought to seize power by force are being prosecuted and will be tried, as was the case of the coup plotters of 2019", he said in relation to the coup of November of that year, when military and police commanders forced Morales to resign under a false matrix of electoral fraud mounted by the local oligarchy in complicity with the U.S. and the Organization of American States (OAS), some of those responsible were arrested and subjected to criminal proceedings.

This morning, during statements made to a local radio station, Evo Morales, who had vehemently condemned the failed coup d'état, admitted that he is confused about the coup d'état. In spite of this, he blamed Arce of having committed a self-coup.

He expressed that "initially until Wednesday (26th) night, even on Thursday (27th) morning, I thought it was a coup (of State), but now I am confused, it looks like a self-coup".

In that space he commented that he suspects that it was an action planned by the head of state. Through his networks, he pointed out that "Arce deceived and lied to the Bolivian people and the world".

After his criteria, the Minister of the Presidency, María Nela Prada, offered statements to the media and said that Evo Morales ended up joining the story of the coup general Juan José Zúñiga and the fascist right wing of denying the gorilazo.

"Do not be mistaken with history and the people by joining today the discourse and statements of a coup plotter and the fascist right that once again, as at the time he pointed out that there was fraud (and not coup in 2019), pretends to distort history. Do not join in being a puppet, marionette and an instrument of imperialism that intends to plunder in our country." Prada added that the political opposition is also part of that narrative.

He stressed that unlike the 2019 coup, on June 26 Bolivia faced a displacement of armed military that tried to seize power in a planned manner, even with the participation of elite groups.

Although investigations into the failed coup d'état began a few days ago, 21 military officers and civilians implicated have been arrested and have revealed that their organization began last May. One of the high ranking officers involved, former Air Force commander General Marcelo Zegarra, declared in a prosecutor's statement that Zúñiga assured that he had the support of the "American Embassy, the Libyan Embassy and the European Community".

The differences of opinion between Arce and Morales go back months. In an interview given after the coup d'état was neutralized thanks to the firmness of the people and his government, Arce said: "We believe that the political instrument, the MAS (Movement Towards Socialism), belongs to the social organizations; they are the owners, the ones who created the instrument. Therefore, they are the ones who have to decide who are their candidates for deputies, senators, mayors, president, vice-president. On the other hand, comrade Evo wants to be the owner of the political instrument. That is where we are divided".

He added: "They are afraid that we will reposition ourselves and that is why we have an economic boycott in the Legislative Assembly, which everybody knows (...) Economic laws, of credits that have to be approved by the Assembly. Absolutely nothing advances, there is a clear boycott by the opposition and when I speak of opposition I also refer to the pro-evolution wing".