Following the 2019 Bolivian political crisis which saw the resignation of President Evo Morales and his government, new election were called by Interim President Jeanine Áñez. On 19 January 2020, Morales announced that after eight hours of meetings in Argentina, Luis Arce and former Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca had been chosen to be the candidates of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) in the 2020 elections.[5] The presidential election, originally scheduled for May 3, was postponed twice due to the Covid19 pandemic. and rescheduled to be held in October 2020.[6]