President Santiago Peña confirmed on Tuesday (June 9) the transfer of the national holiday from June 20, the date of the Promulgation of the 1992 Constitution, to Monday, June 22. The measure was officially announced through the president's social media channels and formalized by decree.
Peña justified the decision by stating that the goal is to give "greater prominence" to the date, so that "such a transcendent occasion does not go unnoticed." For the first time Paraguay will have a national holiday dedicated to the Promulgation of the 1992 Constitution, which represented "the only uninterrupted period of human rights and full democracy" in the country's history.
The Promulgation of the 1992 Constitution was established as a national holiday for the first time in 2025, after the Executive Branch sent a bill to unify and update the regulations on holidays and days off. The approved legislation also gave the government the authority to declare up to three non-permanent holidays per year, and the expectation is that Peña will decree at least one of them during the 2026 World Cup.
The transfer creates a second consecutive long weekend in June. On Friday (June 12), the Chaco Peace Day holiday was already scheduled, and now the break extends through Monday (June 22). The commerce and services sectors welcomed the arrangement, which is expected to benefit domestic tourism, gastronomy, and travel within the country's interior.
The two long weekends coincide with the Paraguayan national team's first matches at the World Cup. On Friday (June 12), La Albirroja faces the United States, and on Saturday night (June 20), Paraguay plays its second fixture against Turkey, in a match considered crucial for the team's aspirations in the group stage.
After June, four national holidays remain on the 2026 calendar: the Founding of Asunción (August 15, which falls on a Saturday), the Battle of Boquerón (September 29), the Day of the Virgin of Caacupé (December 8, Tuesday), and Christmas (December 25, Friday).