In his absence, U.S.-backed opposition senator Jeanine Áñez declared herself the interim president and promised to hold new elections within just 90 times, as stipulated from the Bolivian Structure. Morales's supporters, who largely come from the indigenous inhabitants, decried this transfer to be a proper-wing coup d'etat and started protesting in big quantities, demanding Morales's return. Opponents of Morales claim the military services and interim federal government are returning Bolivia to democracy, and many have named for Morales's remaining-wing economic and social reforms to get undone. Demonstrations from either side from the divide continue on to roil the country, triggering quite a few deaths and numerous injuries. Contemporary polls would only be held a year in a while Oct eighteen, 2020, which saw the victory of Morales's ally Luis Arce. Áñez was arrested shortly soon after Arce's victory, and was sentenced to more a decade' imprisonment in 2022 for her role inside the 2019 coup. Western governments have condemned her arrest and imprisonment being an assault on democratic freedoms.