Opposition leaders in Bolivia have urged President Evo Morales to follow the example set by Paraguayan leader Horacio Cartes and give up his bid to run for a fourth consecutive presidential term.<br /><br /> The leftist leader has said he may stand in the 2019 election, despite losing a 2016 referendum on constitutional reform’s that would have allowed him to run again.<br /><br /> However, Morales said that he had no intention of engaging with the opposition on the matter.<br /><br /> He said: “I debate with the people, not the Right wing. What are they going to debate if they have no policies? Are we going to debate their lies?”<br /><br /> A referendum on the issue held in February 2016 saw a slim majority vote against the reforms.<br /><br /> Morales previously accepted the result, but blamed the loss on a smear campaign by the opposition.<br /><br /> Under Bolivian law, the leader could run in 2019 if he were to resign six months before the end of his term.<br />
