Soledad Núñez, candidate for mayor of Asunción representing the Unidos por Asunción alliance, met with TSJE authorities to denounce "vote stuffing" and demand stricter oversight in the municipal elections on October 4, including manual vote counting for single-member positions and limiting the number of voters per polling station.
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The Colorado caucus in the Chamber of Deputies postponed until mid-July the vote on the bill requiring a law degree and ten years of legal practice to serve on the Magistrates' Trial Jury, paving the way for the selection of new members of the body at the beginning of that same month.
The election campaign for the October municipal elections in Paraguay caused the Chamber of Deputies to fail to reach a quorum for a session this week, leaving nearly twenty bills stalled, including the creation of the National Care System, changes to the universal pension for the elderly, judicial reforms, land regularization, and a proposal for the automatic termination of child support at age 18.
The Superior Electoral Court will mobilize over 82,000 people and 16,582 voting machines for the June 7 internal party elections, in which 4,338,716 voters will choose candidates for mayor and city council across the country.
The Asunción Municipal Council refused to authorize Mayor Luis Bello to defer overdue bond interest, denouncing abusive rates that would push charges to 27% and leave a million-dollar hole for the next administration.
On June 7, in addition to choosing candidates for mayors and councilors, ten Paraguayan political groups will hold internal elections for president and other party authorities. The PLRA, the largest opposition party, has seven candidates for the presidency; the PEN has two. Most parties present a single slate.