OAS Congratulates
Paraguay On General
Elections
The Organization of
American States (OAS)
Sunday congratulated
Paraguay on the massive
attendance in its
general election.
"We want to congratulate
Paraguayans for the
civism lesson they
gave," said OAS's
electoral observation
mission chief Maria Emma
Mejia.
According to Asuncion's
news, Mejia said that
the elections were
carried out calmly
therefore it was
possible to anticipate
that people would remain
calm despite results.
Only a few isolated
incidents occurred
during the elections in
certain voting booths,
and OAS will closely
watch the vote count,
she added.
Electoral Justice's
Superior Court officials
said that some 70
percent of registered
voters participated in
the Sunday's election,
surpassing 2003's
election attendance, 67
percent.
The main presidential
candidates in this
election include former
bishop Fernando Lugo, of
the Patriotic Alliance
for Change, Blanca
Ovelar, of the governing
Colorado Party and
former army chief,
general Lino Oviedo, of
the rightwing Ethic
Citizens' National Union
(Unace).
Preliminary results show
Lugo is leading the vote
preference to defeat the
Colorado Party that has
governed Paraguay for
the past 61 years.
Paraguay has a
population of some 5.6
million, 2.8 million of
whom are registered
voters.
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