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Paraguay president faces impeachment
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 21, 2012 05:47pm |
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| Author | AFP |
| Media | TV News - France 24 |
| News Date | Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo's job is on the line after the opposition-controlled House of Representatives voted Thursday to impeach him for his role in deadly clashes to evict landless farmers.
Shortly after the vote, Lugo delivered a televised address to the nation in which he dismissed resignation rumors and vowed to face an impeachment trial with "all its consequences."
The surprise move criticizing Lugo's "poor performance of his duties" was approved by 76 votes in the lower house, after the Liberal Party withdrew support for the leftist president. Only one lawmaker voted against it.
All eyes are now on the Senate, where only five of 45 senators support Lugo. An eventual trial would be held there if approved, though no date has yet been set for a vote in the upper house.
In a sign of how seriously the region was taking events in Asuncion, South American nations attending the Rio+20 summit said they were immediately dispatching a ministerial mission to Paraguay.
"The presidents of UNASUR agreed to send a mission of foreign ministers which will leave at 7:00 pm (2200 GMT) from Rio," Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said, referring to the regional bloc. |
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