Jessica Villarroel, a 24-year-old Bolivian woman, has accused Bolivia's socialist president Luis Arce of sexual harassment and abuse of power for having an affair with her.
The accusations against Bolivia's president come as he faces another socialist former head of state, Evo Morales, Arce's predecessor and former leader and now his chief rival. I was disappointed. accusation The issue of human trafficking and pedophilia.
Arce and Morales are both at the forefront of the ongoing power struggle struggle Control of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) party has split the ruling party into two ahead of the 2025 presidential election. One faction is loyal to Mr. Arce, the other to Mr. Morales. Morales insists he will run for president for the fifth time next year, even though he is already running for president. exceeded Two term limit established by the country's constitution.
Villarroel joined members of Bolivia's parliament, along with congressman Héctor Arce Rodríguez (no relation to the president), in publicly condemning Arce. reportedly He was loyal to Mr. Morales, who said he would file criminal charges against the president.
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woman claimed She told reporters that she had a six-month “romance” with President Arce, which allegedly happened three years ago when she was 21 years old. According to her statement, she first met Mr. Arce when she was applying for the position of deputy sports minister, a position she had reportedly never held.
“he [Arce] He picked me up from El Alto in his official van. [airport]they took me to Casa Grande del Pueblo. [presidential palace]We sat down, presented our portfolios, and chatted for three hours. He was waiting for me with a bottle of Taliha wine and said, “You are already a deputy minister. It's time to celebrate.'' We drank alcoholic beverages, so what was supposed to happen happened,” Villarroel claimed.
“We started a relationship that lasted about six months, but I know the president very well. We went about three blocks from Casa Grande del Pueblo and he dressed up as a taxi driver. He came to pick me up in a blue car and passed me there,” she narrated. “He didn't speak to me as president, he made me an offer. He always said he liked my leadership and took me to his apartment where he continued to drink alcoholic beverages and He slept with me until 4 o'clock.”
Villarroel also claimed that Arce offered to make her his “lover” on the second counter, which she accepted. Villarroel submitted evidence including photographs and WhatsApp text message logs to prove the allegations. Additionally, she presented a scarf that she claimed she used to hide her identity during her encounter with Arce.
“We met twice a week at the Radisson Hotel in Santa Cruz,” she claims, adding that during one such encounter she told Arce that she was pregnant, in response to the socialist The president reportedly replied, “I can't do that.” That child isn't there. ”
Villarroel told reporters that he lost his child three days later in a motorcycle accident when he was hit by a “van without a license plate.” According to her testimony, Arce offered her a job at the embassy to leave the country, but she refused.
More Villarroel claimed Arce said there were “six” victims who “silenced me, abused his power, harassed me, and threatened me.”
Congressman Héctor Arce Rodríguez told reporters that he was ready to file criminal charges against the Socialist president and expected to do so “within the next few days” for at least seven crimes, adding: “Abuse of power and state property. The abuse of this is unacceptable.”
“In my capacity as a Member of Parliament, we are criminally indicting Mr. Lucio Arce for the following crimes for the use of state assets: abuse of power, improper use of public goods and services, extortion, sexual harassment, Violence, passivity. Bribery and human trafficking,” Arce Rodriguez said.
Mr. Arce had not publicly commented on the accusations at press time, but Gustavo Torrico, Bolivia's deputy government coordinating secretary, dismissed the accusations as “delusional” in remarks to reporters on Wednesday and called Mr. Villarroel's claims “poor. “The script was written in a script that made a mockery of the intelligence of the people.”
“I would like to express my respect to the people of Japan, but no one will understand this 'spiritual fart' that this girl has in her head,'' Toriko said. said. “It's pure insanity. You'd have to go insane or live in a bottle to come up with a script so bad that even an apprentice couldn't write it. It's a mockery of the intelligence of the nation.”
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
