For a week, there has been an exchange of words between Senator Georgia “Nani” Arrúa of Patria Querida and Miguel Fulgencio “Kencho” Rodríguez of the Guasu Front.
The discussion revolves around the Ka’apoty indigenous community that claims ownership of 1,364 hectares within the district of Ytakyry (Alto Paraná). Last Monday, when Rodríguez, as president of the Commission of Indigenous Peoples, went to the area to verify the situation of the natives, he encountered resistance from the lawyer Michelle Betancourt, who represents the Brazilian farmers who claim to own the same lands.
In videos it can be seen how the lawyer, in the company of the farmers, closes the path of the legislative delegation. In addition, they verbally assault him and hit the ground balls. Given this, Rodríguez goes down and shouts at the lawyer and touches her face.
Due to this situation, “Nani” Arrúa requested a sanction for Rodríguez. He even requests the loss of investiture of him after the incident.
Georgia “Nani” Arrúa, a national senator for the Patria Querida party (PPQ), said that she is going to request a sanction for Rodríguez on Monday at the board of directors.
“I am going to formalize the complaint. The sanction may be a suspension or loss of investiture. He is not then the senator who should be, his bench should be occupied by the substitute for the National Crusade. Several colleagues were dismissed for less serious things, ”he said.
He affirmed that Rodríguez uses the commission to implement things that he wants to do. And aside from him, in his role as a senator, he assaulted and mistreated a woman.
“He provokes, mistreats, is arrogant all the time. Misconduct is a constant. That has to be analyzed. We must see who really joins on Thursday and we will see if there are the votes to achieve one thing or another, ”she commented.
Only 23 votes are needed for the loss of investiture, but for a minor sanction such as a suspension, 30 votes are needed, due to some inconsistencies that exist in the internal regulations of the Senate.
Today, Monday, the authorities of the National Institute for Rural and Land Development (Indert) and the Paraguayan Indigenous Institute (INDI) were also summoned. This, to talk about the land dispute that affects the Ka’apoty community.
