Walter Harms, National Representative for Honor Colorado, confirmed that his bench will participate and discuss the law that day. It should be remembered that his movement, plus some liberal deputies, left Tuesday’s extraordinary session without a quorum. On the date, the law should be dealt with. This Colorado sector argued that the session was called unconstitutionally and therefore they decided not to discuss it.
Unofficially, the information was handled that the abandonment of the session had a political background after attacks by the ruling party on Horacio Cartes, leader of Honor Colorado. Apparently, despite the differences, the chartists will treat the document.
FIRES
Immediately afterwards, Hugo Richer, national senator for the Guasu Front, highlighted the seriousness of the forest fires that have plagued the country for a couple of weeks. He affirmed that we are going through the worst climatic crisis in history together with the worst drought of the Paraná River in 100 years.
“The causes are the deliberate burning of grasslands in favor of agriculture and livestock. For years, governments have been complicit in this dramatic situation. The uselessness or complicity of MADES and Infona should draw our attention”, he questioned.
The legislator cited the press conference given by the Paraguayan Volunteer Firefighters Corps (CBVP), on Monday night. He pointed out that in 15 days the historical heat peak could be reached in this month of January. Thus, he also reported that our country registered 12,270 heat sources in just five days, including 315 forest fires.
“We are the fifth country in the region with the highest emission of greenhouse gases. More than five million hectares deforested to plant soy in recent years. It’s not a minor issue,” he questioned.
Richer lamented that despite the fact that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) may grow 4%, partly due to soybean exports, this does not mean that the social gap is diminishing. Taking into account that, for the next few years, it is estimated that 750 thousand compatriots will be in a situation of extreme poverty.
“Productive growth is not compatible with social inequality. It is important to protect forests and rivers. Protect the springs, streams, “he said.
LEDESMA
José “Pakova” Ledesma, a liberal senator, echoed Richer’s claims. He requested the convening of extraordinary sessions, both in deputies and in the Senate, to deal with a bill that declares an emergency for the entire national territory due to the fires.
Finally, the plenary decided that the project be treated this Monday after the emergency law. While the extraordinary session of the Senate was set for this Wednesday, January 26 at 09:00.
