The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its concern, through a statement, about the Bill that Repeals the Validity of Law 6659/20, which approves the Financing Agreement signed between the Republic of Paraguay and the European Union for the “Support Program for the Transformation of the Educational System in Paraguay and its annexes”.
The Agreement constitutes an international treaty in force, which was signed, approved and duly ratified in accordance with the provisions of the corresponding constitutional mandates.
The Magna Carta grants the Legislative Branch, in particular, the Senate, the power to initiate the consideration of bills related to the approval of international treaties submitted for study by the Executive Branch. This procedure was already duly fulfilled in 2020, when both Chambers approved the text of the Agreement, with a favorable opinion from seven commissions.
Article 137 of the National Constitution establishes the order of priority of legal norms, in which an approved and ratified international instrument, being a superior norm, cannot be repealed by another norm of lesser hierarchy, such as a law of internal order.
In addition, the suspension or termination of a treaty can only occur in accordance with the provisions of the treaty itself or by consent of the parties to it, through the Executive Branch, in observance of the constitutional provisions and current international law, reads part of the release.
