Paraguay’s Supreme Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE) today deemed the candidate of the National Republican League of Colorado (ANR-PC) the winner of the general election) Santiago Peña…
he Supreme Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE) of Paraguay He delivered the news at a press conference without specifying hundreds of votes. However, he reported that with 95 percent of the votes examined, the pro-government candidate had some 440,000 votes above his closest rival, National Assembly representative Efrain Alegre.
TSJE congratulated the people of Paraguay for their participation in the general elections, so far at 63 percent, and acknowledged their good behavior during Sunday, which was won by the duo of Santiago Peña and Pedro Aliana.
“We congratulate the Paraguayan people for their civic maturity and democratic convictions,” said TSJE leader Jorge Bujarín, when reporting that the newly elected president had won, ensuring the ANR-PC five more years in government.
For his part, César Rossell, Vice-President of the Electoral College, thanked the citizens for their behavior, which recognized the victory of Peña, who will take over the post of President on August 15, and highlighted the smooth functioning of the mechanism for transmitting electoral results. Introductions.
ANR-PC slipped to second place with Paraguay’s new national concert formula, composed of Efraín Alegre Soledad Núñez, while the team headed by Paraguay Cubas emerged for the first time as the third political force in the country.
Peña, 45 and an economist by profession, was Minister of Finance between 2015 and 2017 while CEO of former President Horacio Cartes, and he had controversial influence in this election as head of ANR-PC, due to complaints against him on charges such as money laundering and contraband.
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