They've taken this hammer and basically tried to impose legal restrictions via contract. And I don't know with the great majority of the public, if it is going to sit that well, it is a little heavy handed.

They can't lay off or touch them for 60 days. We have 60 days to hammer out a contract, and it will not involve the elimination of officers.

The commission is an absurd concept. It's overly broad. It's more powerful than any regulatory agency.

It is a naked attempt at gun control. It is not hidden whatsoever. When you do away with the commercial market, in their best-case scenario, by bankrupting the gun manufacturers, the only people that are going to have (guns) are police officers.

It basically took a hammer and a chisel to get it apart.

The multinationals want legal safeguards, but there can be legal safeguards only when a contract is equitable. This is what we want to give, but the contracts must respect the rights and dignity of the Bolivian people. Then they will get legal certainty.