LA PAZ, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia's ex-president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga on Thursday officially announced his candidacy for reelection in May.
Quiroga had been vice president under President Hugo Banzer, who served between 1997 and 2001. After Banzer's resignation due to lung cancer, Quiroga took over to complete Banzer's five-year term.
"I am going to participate in the upcoming elections in May, without whims or impositions, but with reasons and proposals," Quiroga said in a released document entitled "Bases and guidelines for the Bolivia 2020-2025 proposal."
Bolivia has been plunged into political uncertainty since right-wing opposition factions rejected the reelection of the country's first indigenous president, Evo Morales, to a fourth term in October elections, citing electoral fraud.
Morales resigned and fled to Mexico after Bolivia's military and police forces sided with the conservative opposition and withdrew their support for his leadership. He is now in Argentina.
Opposition lawmaker Jeanine Anez took over as interim president and presided over the process to hold general elections slated for May 3.
