Paraguay's President
Resigns
Outgoing Paraguayan
President Nicanor Duarte
presented Monday his
resignation to the
Congress to be able to
assume the charge of
Senator on July 1, but
opposition parties in
Congress may not accept
it because his term has
two months to go
According to information
reaching here from
Asuncion, capital of
Paraguay, Duarte gave
his demission letter to
the president of the
National Congress Miguel
Abdon Saguier
(opposition), who
summoned an
extraordinary session
for Tuesday in order to
analyze Duarte's
resignation.
The opposition parties
demand Duarte to fulfill
his mandate until Aug.
15 when former catholic
bishop Fernando Lugo
will take office as
president.
Political analysts
consider that Duarte
does not want to give
directly the power to
Lugo, who won the
presidential election on
April 20, which put end
to the 61 years of the
Colorado Party
government.
Duarte has said that if
the opposition does not
accept his resignation,
he will block the work
of the transition group
that is coordinating the
mandate transfer in the
ministries of the
government.
In case Duarte's
resignation would de
accepted he will be
replaced for less than
two month by Vice
President Francisco
Oviedo.
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