Today, Tuesday, through an extraordinary session, the senators will have to choose the shortlist that they will send to the Chamber of Deputies.
One of the 13 elected is Miguel Godoy, the last defender of the people, whose term expired on Sunday.
Also on the list are Alejandra Peralta Merlo, former Deputy Minister of Justice, Diana Vargas, former Director of Human Rights of the Ministry of the Interior, Jorge Rolón Luna, former member of the Truth and Justice Commission and Commissioner of the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (MNP ), Óscar Ayala Amarilla, executive secretary of the Human Rights Coordinator of Paraguay (Codehupy), Liliana Zayas, former Vice Minister of Women, among others.
NEGATIVE
The Guasu Front bench took a stand on the choice of the shortlist. The spokesperson was Senator Sixto Pereira, who announced that they will vote for the shortlist to be made up of Óscar Ayala, Rolón Luna and Diana Vargas.
In addition, he pointed out that there are rumors that some banks plan to include Godoy to join the list. Considering that everything will be defined in the Chamber of Deputies where the Colorados have a large majority.
“There are rumors that some benches will support the reelection of Godoy. We believe that the Ombudsman’s Office must have suitable people, who have the profile and are from the opposition, “he said.
WITHOUT QUORUM
Martín Arévalo, national senator for the ANR, warned that there are possibilities that today the shortlist will not be defined and the election will be postponed for one to two weeks at the request of several benches.
“Tomorrow (for today) there would be no quorum. Yesterday the five-year term of the current ombudsman expired. From today they cannot exercise. From today she is headless. I will ask colleagues to choose as quickly as possible. There is a certain lack of interest because the candidates are not very convincing, ”he said.
MORE OF THE CANDIDATES
Diana Vargas has been in public service for 18 years. She was in the Judiciary where she was program coordinator.
Later she was Director of Human Rights of the Ministry of the Interior. Then he went to the Ministry of Children where he designed policies, later he went to the Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (NPM). Lately she has become a legislative adviser for the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP).
The lawyer Jorge Rolón Luna has a long personal career in the field of Human Rights, where he has held positions such as member of the Truth and Justice Commission and Commissioner of the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM), in both cases by public tender.
Liliana Zayas was deputy minister for the protection of women’s rights. He has a legal training, graduated with the silver medal from the Law School of the UNA. She also has the title of notary public and notary public, specialization studies in human rights and human rights of women. For 16 years he was a tax agent where he agreed by contest. He was a criminal prosecutor and also a prosecutor specialized in human rights.
