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Morales calls for ‘solidarity’ after right-wing Peruvian congressmen declare him ‘persona non grata’
Bolivia's former President Evo Morales (centre) waves as he walks with current President Luis Arce (third from right) and Vice President David Choquehuanca (second from right) as he lead a march to the capital coined ‘March for the homeland,’ in Caracollo, Bolivia, Tuesday, November 23, 2021
FORMER Bolivian president Evo Morales has hit out after he was declared “persona non grata” by the Peruvian Congress over his “negative political activism” in the country.
Foreign Affairs Commission president Ernesto Bustamante, from the right-wing Fuerza Popular Party, accused Mr Morales of “evident interference and meddling in the social and economic agenda of the government of Peru.”
In declaring Mr Morales persona non grata he said that the actions of the Bolivian were “to the clear detriment of the interests of the Peruvian people” and its government.
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