Bolivian President Evo Morales has agreed to run for a fourth term in office.<br /><br /> His party has proclaimed him its candidate in the 2019 elections.<br /><br /> This is despite the result of a referendum in February.<br /><br /> Bolivian President Evo Morales agrees to run for a fourth term in office. https://t.co/rrKVnA1QTU— The Associated Press (@AP) December 18, 2016<br /><br /> Unanimous vote<br /><br /> The Movement for Socialism party approved the candidacy of Morales in a unanimous vote.<br /><br /> “If the people say ‘let’s go with Evo’ then let’s continue defeating the right and continue with our processes,” Morales told reporters.<br /><br /> The referendum<br /><br /> Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, was first elected in 2005 and then re-elected in 2009 and 2014.<br /><br /> However, he narrowly lost a referendum earlier this year on whether the constitution should be revised to allow him to run again in 2019.<br /><br /> His current term expires on 22 January, 2020.<br /><br /> Bolivia’s constitution<br /><br /> Bolivia’s constitution only allows two consecutive terms in office.<br /><br /> Morales had sought to raise it to three straight terms.<br /><br /> The coming election will be his fourth. However, the constitutional tribunal has ruled his first term does not count as Morales did not complete the full five years.<br /><br /> In 2009, the government changed the constitution to make Bolivia a plurinational state instead of a republic.<br /><br /> The governing party says it is considering four ways to allow Morales to run again.<br /><br /> These include the possibility of changing the constitution through the legislative assembly or a signature-collection drive.<br /><br /> Other possibilities include having Morales step down six months early or asking the Constitutional Tribunal for another interpretation.<br /><br /> What the opposition say<br /><br /> The opposition say the re-election of Morales would be unconstitutional because of the referendum.<br /><br /> Opposition leader Jorge Quiroga has said “no means no.”<br />
