Paraguay's Ousted Progressive President Lugo to Run Again
Paraguay's Ousted Progressive President Lugo to Run Again
Published 11 October 2016
Much like what was recently done in Brazil, the political elite in Paraguay rushed to convene a political trial against Lugo's presidency.
Former president and current Senator Fernando Lugo said Monday that only a formal ruling could prevent him from running in the upcoming presidential elections in Paraguay, as many attempt to deter the electoral ambitions of the only progressive president the country has had.
“I will just wait—and not listen to 'opinologists,' jurists, etc.—for the decision of the Supreme Court if anyone wishes to impede my candidacy,” said Lugo, who was ousted as president by a parliamentary coup in 2012.
Since he announced his candidacy in June, right-wing sectors have argued that it would be unconstitutional for an ousted president to run again for the same office.
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Best wishes, and protection to Fernando Lugo. The Colorado Party is a truly nasty group of people, having seized power and kept it for 6 decades, with only several years for Lugo, with the peoples' overwhelming support. Their fascist dictator Stroessner was himself in office for 35 years, with never a disparaging word from the US, even though he committed genocide against Paraguay's indigenous people, and sent any survivors into slavery. He also gave haven to the Angel of Death from Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Dr. Joseph Mengele after WWII. Colorado Party thought that was all A-OK.
Lugo has real courage.
