Soledad Núñez pledged to audit Óscar “Nenecho” Rodríguez’s administration if she wins the October 4 municipal election in Asunción. The candidate responded to a post by the former mayor, who gave her 24 hours to substantiate her accusation of “theft” or delete the post, and warned that there would be “consequences.”
In the post, Núñez said she would investigate “Nenecho’s theft” and included an image said to represent Camilo Pérez, the Colorado Party’s mayoral candidate, alongside the phrase “they’ll take care of him.” The message linked Pérez to the continuation of the political group that supported Rodríguez.
After Rodríguez’s demand, Núñez reiterated that, if elected, she would audit “every last guaraní” spent under the administration and do what was necessary to recover what belongs to Asunción. She also wrote: “You can keep threatening me, but nobody gives me orders.” The pledge is a campaign proposal; the politicians’ accusations alone do not prove that a crime occurred.
Accounts differ on the name of Núñez’s alliance: one identifies the coalition as Unidos por Asunción and another as Juntos por Asunción. Both describe her as an opposition candidate. She is running for mayor against Pérez, who is linked to Honor Colorado, a movement led by former president Horacio Cartes.
Rodríguez resigned in August 2025 after a series of scandals and an intervention at the Asunción Municipality that found serious administrative irregularities. He later took part in the National Republican Association (ANR), or Colorado Party, internal elections as a pre-candidate for a seat on the capital’s city council, but did not make the party’s candidate list. He has threatened on several occasions to take legal action against critics of his administration.
The episode also has a precedent involving former senator Kattya González. Months earlier, angered by remarks she made on a Mega TV program hosted by González alongside Mario Ferreiro and Germán Martínez, Rodríguez sent a notary to have the former legislator confirm or correct what she had said. González responded sarcastically, asking for “a thousand apologies.”