The bench of “Honor Colorado” (chartist) of the Lower House, requested an extraordinary session for Wednesday noon to deal with the accusatory libel of the political trial of Sandra Quiñónez, attorney general of the State. However, the initiative did not prosper because Ángel Paniagua, acting president of the Chamber at that time, did not decide to make the call.
A confusion arose because the extraordinary session was requested, but without the call of the president or vice president of the Lower House, it could not be held. Along with this request, Sebastián Villarejo, deputy for the PPQ, requested an extraordinary one to deal with a draft resolution that modifies article 37 of the regulations of the Honorable Chamber of Deputies. The modifications establish that face-to-face sessions must be convened 12 hours in advance. As political trials must be dealt with in person, this was intended to invalidate the request of the Colorado Chartists, but in the end it could not be dealt with.
Sebastián Villarejo, national deputy for the Patria Querida (PPQ) party, explained that face-to-face sessions must be convened 12 hours in advance, except for specific exceptions. This is intended to prevent several deputies from missing sessions due to the haste of the call.
Miguel Tadeo Rojas, national deputy for the caucus of “Honor Colorado” (chartist), regretted for his part that situations are generated where the internal regulations of the chamber are regularly changed, which only generates confusion. “When the modifications of the internal regulations were studied so that specific issues such as political trials, interpellations, be face-to-face, we left a very confusing precedent for the citizenry,” he commented.
At the close of this edition there was no day or time for the continuation of the impeachment trial. According to comments from liberal deputies, the visit of four US senators scheduled for this Friday is expected. After the meeting with them, the treatment of the trial could be activated again.
NATIONAL POLITICS
Senate will deal with twelve points in its ordinary session
Twelve points contains the agenda to be dealt with in the session on Thursday, August 4. The weekly meeting is scheduled for 09 in the morning. It will be carried out through the virtual platform from the session room of the Upper House, under the presidency of its head, Senator Óscar “Cachito” Salomón. At the beginning, the alternate senator Daniel Rojas López is sworn in, replacing incumbent senator Zulma Gómez.
Senators will discuss IPS governance
The Bill “On the Governance of the Social Welfare Institute”, presented by senators Stephan Rasmussen, Fidel Zavala and Georgia Arrúa, (all from the Patria Querida party), will be discussed under item five of the Senate’s agenda for the day from today. The initiative proposes that the councilors of the pension be elected through elections supervised by the Superior Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE).
Defer opinion on conflict of interest
The Constitutional Affairs Commission chaired by Senator Enrique Bacchetta postponed the opinion of the bill “That establishes the regime of prevention, correction and sanction of conflicts of interest in the public function”. Likewise, the opinions of the bill were postponed that “That establishes duties, prohibitions and incompatibilities applicable to the high positions of the republic”.
Senators suggest aid to merchants
In point 4 of the agenda of the Senate session, the bill “That modifies and expands articles 8, 9 and 12 of Law No. 6,809/2021 will be discussed. The sectors to benefit from this modification are the independent workers who live in the cities of Encarnación, Alberdi, Puerto Falcón, Nanawa, Ayolas and others, who must access credit under the same conditions as the gastronomic and event sectors.
They advise agreeing to a candidate for ambassador
The members of the Committee on Foreign Relations and International Affairs, chaired by Senator Lilian Samaniego, received Rubén Darío Antonio Ortiz Méndez, candidate for Ambassador Plenipotentiary of Paraguay to the Republic of Peru. During the meeting held through the virtual platform, the applicant stated that one of his objectives is to promote commercial diplomacy.
