away and as the deaths of up to 30 peasant government supporters a few months ago led to accusations of a right-wing massacre . `` What will be opened is a new chapter of violence , '' said Carlos Toranzo , an investigator in La Paz with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation , a policy institute associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany . As campaigning on Sunday 's referendum came to a close Thursday with massive festive rallies for each side , Bolivians gave voice to the chasm that separates them . `` What this constitutional project does is divide us , '' said Fernanda San Martin , who was at the final opposition rally in the city of Santa Cruz . `` What it does is feed hate and racism in the country . '' Efrain Tico Quispe , at a rally in favor of the new constitution , sees it from a different perspective . `` For them , it 's division . It does n't benefit them , '' he said . `` But for humble people of our class , it serves us well . '' The referendum has two parts : a straight yes-or-no
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bolivians are widely expected to approve a new constitution Sunday that would allow leftist President Evo Morales to run for another term this year , which he ca n't do under the current document . The new constitution would eliminate term limits and allow President Evo Morales to run again for president . The new constitution would replace the 1967 charter and give greater voice to the indigenous people who make up most of the country . It would also give more power to the central government . Morales , speaking at rallies in La Paz and Cochabamba this week , said the new document will propel the nation . `` Once approved , this will be the refoundation of Bolivia and the refoundation of a new state where there will be equality and we will all have the same rights and the same obligations , '' he said . Others say the referendum is a way for Morales to keep himself in power , a move that could plunge the country into further violence , division and uncertainty . That effort , critics say , is in ample evidence as some regions fight to break