Bolivia's president challenges constitutionality of parliamentary censure of economy minister

Bolivia’s Congress voted on Tuesday to censure Economy Minister Jose Gabriel Espinoza, a decision President Rodrigo Paz’s government said was unconstitutional and signaled would be challenged before the country’s top constitutional tribunal. [ . . . ] The ​minister said on Tuesday that he would turn to the nation’s ⁠top constitutional tribunal to review the ⁠decision, arguing that procedures may have been violated. Under Bolivia’s constitution, Paz has 24 hours to remove a censured minister from office. But the government argues the censure vote did not meet constitutional requirements and that the issue should be reviewed by the Constitutional Tribunal before ​Espinoza is removed. The dispute raises the stakes in a confrontation between Paz and lawmakers at a delicate moment for his economic reform agenda.
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