President Santiago Peña has publicly expressed his desire for the current vice president, Pedro Alliana, to be the one governing the country when the expansion of the Aña Cuá branch of the Yacyretá Hydroelectric Plant becomes operational. The statement was made during a visit to the worksite in Ayolas, Misiones department, where Peña inspected the project's progress alongside Alliana, the Paraguayan director of the binational entity Entidad Binacional Yacyretá (EBY), Luis Benítez, and the Minister of Public Works and Communications, Claudia Centurión.
Peña stated that upon taking office, he found the project paralyzed and plagued with problems inherited from the previous administration, but that he prioritized its resumption. The goal is to commission the first generating unit in December 2028, a date that falls after the end of his term. For this reason, the president said he hopes to return as a guest for the inauguration, explicitly expressing his political support for Alliana for the next presidential term.
The expansion project, which will incorporate three new generating units, is currently 40.7% complete. Peña also mentioned conversations with the Argentine president, Javier Milei, regarding the binational entity's financial situation and the need for agreements to ensure the continuity of the work.
On another front of Paraguayan politics, the president of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA), Alcides Riveros, announced a change in the party's alliance strategy for the municipal elections on October 4th. During a training session in Caacupé, Riveros declared that the party will no longer serve as a financial support for the third-force parties with which it forms alliances.
Riveros stated that PLRA's resources will be allocated exclusively to the party's affiliated candidates, even if they are on a coalition ticket. He said he is tired of "smaller parties" receiving the same financial contribution and emphasized: "I will not mismanage funds by giving them to other political parties." According to him, support for candidates from other groups will be limited to the party structure, with no transfer of funds.
The Liberal leader also promised to put an end to the issuance of so-called "party bonds," a common practice in previous administrations, and set a goal of winning over 100 mayoral offices. Furthermore, he warned that he will not be tolerant of party disloyalty and that affiliates who support other parties, especially the Colorado Party, will have to answer to the PLRA Conduct Tribunal.