Paraguay's Attorney General Emiliano Rolón has attributed to a “printing error” the appearance of his name as coordinator of the Universidad Sudamericana on his curriculum vitae. The clarification came after a meeting with the Lower House board on Wednesday, as reported by Ultima Hora.
Rolón stated that the listing was a mistake in transcription and printing, insisting he never held a coordinator position at that institution. “It is a serious misunderstanding. When we prepare a CV we paste things and some error or omission that can be totally usual remains recorded,” he said.
He clarified that his actual coordinator role is with the National University of Asunción (UNA), where he was appointed by the university's Superior Council. “I am a coordinator, a technical teacher appointed by the Superior Council of the UNA,” Rolón asserted.
The attorney general acknowledged having taught at the Universidad Sudamericana in 2013, but only as a guest lecturer for a group of judges and prosecutors. “My only contact, and with great pride, was teaching classes to judges and prosecutors who contracted through the university. It was a contract between them. I was not a coordinator,” he said.
Rolón described the coordinator role as largely decorative, saying it is not an administrative position but rather a pivot professor who assists when another teacher is unavailable. He added that no document from 2013 supports the claim that he was a director.
When asked whether he would investigate a suspected fake degree belonging to Deputy Yamil Esgaib, Rolón said his ethical and legal authority allows it but did not confirm whether he would order a probe.
The controversy arises amid a broader scandal involving the Universidad Sudamericana, which allegedly issued a fraudulent law degree to former Senator Hernán Rivas.