Paraguayan Opposition
Candidate Ahead In Polls
Paraguayan opposition
presidential candidate
Fernando Lugo is ahead
in the polls with 33.6
percent of vote
intentions ahead of the
April 20 elections, a
survey revealed Friday.
The poll, carried out by
First Analisis y
Estudios, shows ruling
Colorado Party candidate
Blanca Ovelar in second
place with27.4 percent
of voting intentions.
She is followed by Lino
Oviedo, a former army
commander, with 24.6
percent.
According to the survey,
10.8 percent of voters
polled have yet to make
a decision on who to
vote for.
Some 35 percent of those
surveyed refused to
state their voting
intentions, while 13.4
percent said they would
"not vote for any of the
candidates."
Lugo is a former Roman
Catholic bishop and
Ovelar a former
education minister
seeking to become
Paraguay's first female
president.
The Colorado Party has
governed the South
American country for
more than six decades.
But the party, with a
center-right stance,
faces a big challenge in
the upcoming
presidential elections.
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