After this past Sunday, April 30, 2023, it was announced that the winner of the presidential elections had been the candidate Santiago Peña, a lot of protests were unleashed and several detainees were reportedFor this reason, here we want to tell you what is happening in paraguay.
What happens in Paraguay?
According to information from CNN, Last Sunday it was announced that the winner of the presidential elections in this country had been the candidate Santiago Peñabut after this news, many people took to the streets to demonstrate… What happens then in Paraguay?
Well, note that these protests that took place mainly in the surroundings of the local Superior Court of Electoral Justice occurred because there were people who were dissatisfied with the result and in fact denounced an alleged electoral fraud.
Then the Paraguayan authorities reported that there were demonstrations throughout the country, such as in the areas of Asunción, Central, Amambay and Guairá. . . . But also in the areas of Encarnacion, Santo Tomas R. Pereira, Edelira, San Rafael del Parana, Obligando, Natalio, Colonel Delgado, Villeta, Ita, Saldivar, Toledo, Caniada, and Ypakarai, as well as others.
For example, in one of these protests, the police indicated that they burned a patrol of the Special Operations Group and that some officers were injured during clashes against at least two thousand people.
Electoral fraud in Paraguay?
And as we told you above, these protests occurred after it was announced that Santiago Peña had been the winner of the presidential elections in Paraguay.
Well, the other presidential candidate, Antonio Cubas Colomés, also known as Payo Cubas, denounced last Monday in Facebook that there had been an alleged electoral fraud.
Yes, whoever came in third pointed out this alleged fraud and thousands of people, mainly his supporters, decided to take to the streets and protest in various parts of Paraguayas in the Superior Court of Electoral Justice that is in Asunción.
And he was not the only one, since the other candidates, Efraín Alegre and Euclides Acevedo, still requested through their social networks that a manual count and a computerized audit were carried out.
Anyway… the Minister of the Interior of Paraguay, Federico González, commented to CNN that the process was completely transparent. While the OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Paraguay requested on Twitter that complaints about the electoral process be processed in accordance with the law and peacefully.
More than 200 people arrested
Until this Thursday May 4th, the National Police of Paraguay informs that after the demonstrations for the results of the presidential elections, 208 people arrested.
- Persons referred to the Judicial Department 30 (29 men and 1 woman)
- Detained in the Specialized Group 27
- Detained at FOPE 62
- Detainees in Police Stations 36
- house arrest 6
- Alternative measures 4
- Minors handed over to their parents 4
- released 39
Will there be a new count to rule out electoral fraud in Paraguay?
