On April 18, the Movement for Socialism (MAS) brought a formal lawsuit against President Carlos Mesa, and former presidents Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and Jorge Quiroga, accusing them of violating the constitution in signing oil contracts without parliamentary consent. Earlier in April, a constitutional court ruled that contracts signed by the presidents were unconstitutional. Explaining the decision to bring a lawsuit, MAS parliamentarian Sergio Ramirez said that judicial action would prevent future presidents from putting the country's natural resources into the hands of transnational corporations.
From Green Left Weekly, April 27, 2005.
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