Paraguay senate impeaches President Peña, vice assumes office

Paraguay’s President, Santiago Peña, has been impeached and removed from office.

This is pursuing a large banking situation linked to the illness of Ueno Bank, which reportedly near millions of depositors incapable to entree their funds.

Former Vice-President Pedro Alliana was sworn successful arsenic his successor connected Friday aft the Senate voted overwhelmingly to region Peña implicit allegations of mediocre show successful bureau and concerns surrounding his links to the failed fiscal institution.

The impeachment question secured 44 votes retired of 45 senators, with 1 lawmaker absent.

Announcing the outcome, Senate President Basilio Núñez declared Peña blameworthy of “poor show successful his duties”.

The determination was greeted with celebrations by hundreds of protesters gathered extracurricular the National Congress, galore of whom had demanded accountability and the betterment of their savings pursuing the banking collapse.

Speaking to reporters, a protester, Jessica Aquino, 32, welcomed the Senate's decision, saying, “Justice has been done. Now we privation him to springiness america backmost our wealth and spell to jail.”

Following his removal, Paraguayan authorities placed the erstwhile president nether location arrest, according to authoritative Silvia Margarita González Vester.

Alliana, who volition service retired the remainder of the statesmanlike word until 2028, pledged that affected depositors would not beryllium abandoned and promised authorities involution to code their fiscal losses.

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