- Apu Mallku
Apu Mallku is an
Aymara title meaning "supreme leader" or "king" conferred on aMallku or "prince". The Apu Mallku's mandate is to oversee the vast network ofAyllus , an ancient Andean system of governing councils that predates even theInca empire. It appears that the mandate of the Apu Mallku was initially restricted to theCollasuyu (the traditional Aymara lands ofBolivia , parts ofPeru and northernChile ) but it could now be interpreted (since a resolution in2000 ) to extend to the bounds of the much larger formerInca realm of theTawantinsuyu which stretched throughout theAndes incorporating the modern states ofBolivia ,Peru ,Ecuador ,Chile andArgentina . The self-appellation for the people of this combined territory is "Qullana".It would seem through the ayllus system there is a large degree of coordination between both the Aymara and the
Quechua nations. Apu Mallku was the title bestowed uponEvo Morales on 21st January2006 atTiwanaku , the day before his official inauguration aspresident ofBolivia .Apu Mallku
* Juan
Evo Morales Ayma, the incumbent (2006– )
*Antonio Machaca (2004–2006?)
*Vicente Flores Lorenza Mostacero (2003–2004?)
*Max Paredes (2000–2003)National Council of Ayllus and Markas of the Qullasuyu (Conamaq)
This parliament or "Jacha Ulaka" consists of 150 delegates sent from the ayllus of the Greater
Collasuyu region. This region is also called "Qullakas Asanajaqes". The parliament holds regular meetings atTiwanaku andCochabamba inBolivia and other places. It was first constituted on March 22, 1997 and was composed of the regional organizations:Jatun Quillakas Asanajaqis ,J'acha Carangas ,Charka Qhara Qhara ,First Nations' Council of Potosi's Ayllus ,Qhara Qhara ,Ayllus of Cochabamba ,Jach'a Suyu Pakajak'i ,Urus ,Saoras-Chuwis , andKallawayas .Council of Mallkus and Amautas of the Parliament of the Qullana
There is also an institution called the "Council of Mallkus and Amautas" which acts rather like an upper house consisting of four delegates from each of the modern states that comprise the "Qullakas Asanajaqes". During the period 2000 - 2003 those delegates were:
Jalsuri (Bolivia)
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Max Paredes
* Julian Bautista
* Félix López
* Representative of Potosí (Quechua)Araxa (Peru)
* Teofilo Lauracio
* Esteban Mamani
* Fortunato Escobar
* Gladiz VázquesJalanta (Chile)
* Magdalena Choque
* Crispín Chura
* Joaquin García
* Alejandra FloresAynacha (Argentina)
* Gerónimo Alvarez
* Celina Avendaño
* Saturnino Mamani
* Natalia Zana PuraQuotations
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Max Paredes , former Apu Mallku, 2000:"We are a single Qullana people who speak
Quechua andAymara , at the moment divided in to fourLatin America n states, which hurts us much; but the wound is still open and one day we will reconstitute the first greatCollasuyu and soon the powerfulTawantinsuyu , dear brothers, remembers that we are only one people"*
Evo Morales , Apu Mallku, 2006:"The 500 years of Indian resistance have not been in vain. From 500 years of resistance we pass to another 500 years in power."
"The will of the people was imposed...and has begun to overcome the empire's cannons. We have lived for so many years through the confrontation of two cultures: the culture of life represented by the indigenous people, and the culture of death represented by West"
References
*http://www.aymaranet.org/ParlamentoAymara10.html
*http://www.aymara.org/chaxwa/noticias02/ppqa.html
*http://www.llacta.org/organiz/coms/com629.htm
*http://www.renacerbol.com.ar/varios/notasextras/ingles01.htm
*La Ciudad (Bolivia Edition) - May 25 2004
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