 In outside of Africa now Bolivia and the position leader Carlos Mesa has accused or who accuses former president Evo Morales of leading a political witch hunt against him says he fears a rest and more broadly for democracy in his country made a probe into controversial claims of a 2019 coup. Mesa in an interview with Newsman after being called to the public prosecutor's office last week said political opposition was being stifled and that Bolivia risked sliding down a dangerous path akin to Nicaragua where the government is cracking down on the position and the media. Morales who led the Andean country for almost 14 years remains influential as the head of the ruling movement for socialism party which has made allegations against Mesa that he was involved in a purported coup in 2019. Now Mesa, a former president and the runner-up in elections in 2019 in 2020 said the coup did not exist and was a fabrication.