President Santiago Peña revoked the controversial "special permission" that had kept Carlos Liseras away from the National Commission for Games of Chance (Conajzar). The measure was formalized by Decree No. 6462, signed on July 31, 2026, which ends the unpaid leave granted to Liseras in April.
With the revocation, Liseras resumes his duties at Conajzar, where he represents the National Directorate of Tax Revenue (DNIT), Paraguay's tax and customs authority. The DNIT was created by merging the National Customs Directorate with the Undersecretariat of the State of Taxation (SET), and Conajzar was integrated into this new institution. The decree also thanks Roxana Carolina del Rio Villalba for her services; she had been appointed to the position during Liseras's leave.
The irregular situation began on April 22, when Liseras, who is a substitute senator for the Colorado Party (ANR), assumed a seat in the Senate. This occurred after the resignation of substitute Julio Borba and the removal of the incumbent senator Hernán Rivas, who accessed an unconstitutional leave due to the scandalous cases involving his alleged fake law degree. To take the legislative position, Liseras obtained special unpaid permission to leave Conajzar.
At the time, the appointment was the target of strong criticism and was classified as unconstitutional by legal sectors. Lawyer Hugo Estigarribia was one of those who questioned the legality of the act. In his defense, Liseras argued that his situation was covered by Public Service Law 7445, which regulates incompatibilities for public office. He stated that he received only the senator's salary and that only the Supreme Court of Justice would have the authority to declare the unconstitutionality of his case.
Liseras's trajectory in the Senate was brief. He left the seat on July 23, following the return of the incumbent senator Gustavo Leite, who resigned as Paraguay's ambassador to the United States before completing a year of his mission. With his departure from the Legislature, the justification for his leave from Conajzar ceased to exist, leading President Peña to revoke the special permission.