Moments of tension are experienced in the PLRA convention after the debate on the balance of Efraín Alegre began. Several conventionals came to the push in the middle of a heated atmosphere.
The third item on the agenda at the Liberal Party convention was the approval or rejection of the financial statement of the PLRA president, Efraín Alegre.
At the time of starting the debate on this point, a series of incidents took place that led to pushes between some of the conventional present.
to the cry of “Where is the silver?”Several Liberals denounced the waste of party resources during the Alegre administration.
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Verbal incidents during the meeting
A heated atmosphere was generated after the intervention of Dionisio Amarilla, treasurer of the Party
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The situation reached the point that some journalists who were covering the act were attacked in the middle of the jostling, although the incident did not finally get worse.
Police and riot police had to enter the premises to try to calm things down and prevent the situation from getting out of control.
The comptroller of the PLRA, Juan Bautista Núñez, asked to reject the balance of Efraín Alegre corresponding to the period 2016-2021 and the opening of an external audit to verify the financial status and the destination of the resources.
For her part, the vice president and current treasurer of the PLRA, Alba Talavera, denounced having been attacked by one of the conventioneers, who was later taken out of the sports center by police officers.
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Rejection of the balance of Efraín and External Audit proposes Juan Nuñez, Comptroller of the PLRA. He speaks of a shortfall of more than 70 billion gs. The debate began on the biggest fight between the liberals. The use of public money in the PLRA pic.twitter.com/dQxAl5zJXF– EMILCE APONTE (@emilce_aponte) March 13, 2022
Minutes later, Talavera suffered a decompensation, for which he had to be transferred to a health center in an ambulance.
A group of conventional decided to withdraw due to the incidents that occurred in the Caacupé sports center, where this massive party event takes place.
At the moment, a nominal vote is proceeding for the approval or rejection of the balance, although it remains in doubt whether the required quorum still exists.
