00:00And we're going out to Bolivia as President Luis Arces swore in the new High Command of the Armed Forces,
00:06reminding them of their constitutional mandate to uphold democracy.
00:10During the ceremony, Rear Admiral Gustavo Primitivo AnĂbal Escobar was sworn in as Commander of the Armed Forces,
00:18and Brigadier General Sherman Mario Semte took office as Chief of Staff.
00:23The President gave them the mission of maintaining peace and governance.
00:26He warned that ignoring the supreme constitutional values would be a great failure,
00:32and in addition, President Arce urged citizens to reflect and go to the polls this Sunday,
00:38also ratifying his commitment to carry out a democratic and orderly transition
00:42to hand over the country's leadership to the new authorities who received the support of the population.
00:56We want to state that the distinguished generals who are being sworn in today
01:04have a mission, in addition to the constitutional mandate of preserving democracy
01:09and respecting the political constitution of the state,
01:12to maintain peace and governance in the state,
01:17and fundamentally to guarantee the stability of all legally and democratically constituted governments.
01:25To ignore these supreme constitutional values would be a great failure to the Bolivian people,
01:33and we are sure that this will not happen.
01:36The place of the armed force is alongside their people.
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