The former candidate for president of Paraguay for the National Crusade, the far-right Paraguayan Antonio Cubas Colomés, was arrested this afternoon in the middle of a speech he was giving to his followers in front of the electoral court, for “disturbing public order”, in a fact that could be seen on the same social networks as the former senator.
Payo Cubas was giving a speech in the city of San Lorenzo, neighboring the Paraguayan capital Asunción, before militants and supporters who support his claims that there was fraud in Sunday’s election, which was won by pro-government leader Santiago Peña.
It should be noted that the Colorado Party reached an adhesion of 42.74% of the votes, in an overwhelming victory against Efraín Alegre de la Concertación (27.49%) and Paraguayo Payo Cubas (22.92%). The hegemonic party has governed the neighboring country for 70 years, with the exception of 2008, when the former bishop, belonging to the Guasú Front, Fernando Lugo, won.
The transmission on Facebook showed that the former candidate smiles, ironically with the agents who are going to arrest him and even insists that they should handcuff him.
“All the criminals in this country have to be handcuffed like Paraguayan Cubas,” said the leader while they took him to a van to comply with the request of the Public Ministry.
Getting into the truck, the leader continued transmitting with his mobile phone, still handcuffed, he stated: “This is how (former President Horacio) Cartes should be, this is how Santi (Peña, the elected president) should be.”
Cubas had announced days ago that he would arrive in the capital to demonstrate in front of the Superior Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE) from Ciudad del Este, but he made stops in other cities.
