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Camilo Pérez Pledges in San Pablo to Finish Pending Drainage Works in Asunción
The Colorado candidate for Asunción mayor led a rally in the San Pablo neighborhood ahead of the October 4 municipal elections. There, he promised to continue road and drainage works started by the outgoing administration and again focused on security.
Camilo Pérez, candidate for mayor of Asunción for the National Republican Association, took part in a rally at Colorado precinct No. 24 in the San Pablo neighborhood together with residents and local leaders, as part of the campaign for the municipal elections on October 4, ABC Color reported.
According to that outlet, during his speech he said that one of the priorities of a possible administration will be to continue and complete the road and drainage works that the next municipal administration will inherit. He said one of the first challenges will be to finish the pending works to avoid leaving them incomplete and to provide answers to residents.
ABC Color noted that those works correspond to the administration of Óscar “Nenecho” Rodríguez and Luis Bello. The outlet also recalled that Rodríguez is accused of breach of trust in the case known as “golden detergents” and that former intervener Carlos Pereira filed five criminal complaints before the Prosecutor’s Office after his audit of that administration. It also said that Rodríguez resigned in mid-2025 ahead of an imminent removal in the Chamber of Deputies.
Regarding the Abasto basin, ABC Color detailed that the project was awarded to Consorcio Pluvial Abasto for G. 71,393 million and that, according to the portal of the National Directorate of Public Procurement, some G. 23,792 million had already been paid. It added that in July only 11 of the 38 planned blocks had been completed, while another 20 remained pending. The newspaper also said that, although Luis Bello had promised to formally resume the works after Easter Week, residents reported delays in the arrival of machinery and personnel.
At the same event, Pérez again highlighted security as another pillar of his proposal for Asunción. According to ABC Color, he proposed a municipal administration close to the neighborhoods and coordinated with other institutions, as well as the promotion of a Neighborhood Proximity Municipal Police aimed at recovering shared spaces and confronting crime in the neighborhoods.
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Sobre esta nota. Written by El Notero with assistance from artificial intelligence, based on what was published by the cited outlet. El Notero did not do its own reporting on this event.
