Army-backed opposition forces are hunting for former President Morales after he resigned due to pressure from protesters.

Luis Fernando Camacho, a conservative leader of the three-week protest movement in Bolivia on November 10, confirmed they had issued an arrest warrant for former President Evo Morales, who announced his resignation on television. Camacho announced on Twitter that authorities were searching for Morales in Chapare province in the Cochabamba region.

"The army confiscated Morales's special plane and he is hiding in Chapare. They are arresting him," Camacho wrote.

Morales, who served as Bolivian president for nearly 14 years, announced his resignation in a televised speech from Chapare on November 10, after the army and police turned to support the protest movement and called on him. leave the chair.

Morales said he made the decision for "the good of the country" but added that "dark forces have destroyed national democracy", referring to the opponents he accused of plotting a coup. . Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera also announced his resignation.

Morales also posted on Twitter yesterday that he was being arrested. "A police official told me publicly that he had received orders to conduct an illegal arrest order against me," the former Bolivian president posted on Twitter, adding that his own home was "violent groups". attack. "The coupists are undermining the rule of law."

Unrest in Bolivia has erupted since Morales announced his election for a fourth term on October 20. Opposition accused of fraud in election results, calling for the organization to vote again. At least three people have been killed and more than 300 injured in clashes between anti-government and Morales supporters.