PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT NICANOR DUARTE ESCAPES CENSURE VOTE IN CONGRESS.

NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs, January, 2006

A censure vote against Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte failed to gather enough votes to pass on Dec. 13, 2005, although it did highlight the growing power among Duarte's legislative foes. Opposition parties Patria Querida (PQ) and Partido Liberal Radical Autentico (PLRA) stood behind the vote for censure, accusing Duarte of not tending to his presidential duties in favor of garnering power within his own Partido Colorado (Asociacion Nacional Republicana, ANR).

Opposition angry at Duarte's internal party politicking

Duarte's congressional opponents sought to bring the president to political trial with the censure motion but failed to have the motion archived in the official record when they only got about half the support of the Chamber of Deputies...

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