Politics of Bolivia: Difference between revisions

The '''politics of Bolivia''' takes place in a framework of a [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[Representative democracy|representative democratic]] republic, whereby the [[President of Bolivia|president]] is [[head of state]], [[head of government]] and head of a [[Diversity (politics)|diverse]] multi-party system. [[Executive power]] is exercised by the government. [[Legislative power]] is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament. Both the [[Judiciary]] and the [[electoral branch]] are independent of the executive and the legislature. After the [[2014 Bolivian general election]], 53.1% of the seats in national parliament were held by women, a higher proportion of women than that of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SG.GEN.PARL.ZS?locations=BO|title=Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) {{!}} Data|website=data.worldbank.org|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref>. The current gouvernement is in risk of getting overturned by a suspected [[coup]], lead by General Zúñiga.