Bolivian senator declares herself interim president, Morales slams ‘coup’

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UPSOT SWEARING IN For now at least, this is the woman taking the helm of Bolivia - a country she says is emerging from one of its darkest episodes.In front of a half empty chamber, the deputy senate leader Jeanine Anez used a constitutional clause to take control of the assembly...meaning she was then able to elevate herself to the position of interim President.The benches where Evo Morales' leftist supporters normally sit lay bare as many boycotted the session - meaning a quorum for the appointment wasn't reached. But with the endorsement of the Constitutional Court, Anez donned the presidential sash to address crowds SOT JEANINE ANEZ"Thank you to all the Bolivian people. I'm going to work for you all - because Bolivians deserve to live in peace and never have their vote stolen again"She's vowed to organise fresh elections as soon as possible...with a view to ending the civil unrest which has rocked Bolivia since Morales controversially won last month's presidential vote.UPSOT POLICE GUNFIREBut her new appointment appears to have done little to calm those tensions, with police clashing with pro-Morales supporters on the streets of La Paz. As for the man who abruptly stood down on Sunday, he's angrily tweeted from his new home in Mexico where he's been granted political aslyum DLS MORALES "The sneakiest and most nefarious coup in history has been completed. A coup-mongering, right-wing senator has proclaimed herself president of the senate and then interim president of Bolivia without a legislative quorum"UPSOT CHANTSHe's vowed to keep up his political fight and return home quickly, where hundreds of his followers continue to defend his presidency.

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