Paraguay
Paraguayan Deputies to Debate Dictatorship Compensation and a Bill on National Symbols
The Lower House has ten items on the agenda for its regular session this Tuesday. Among them are a proposal to unblock payments to victims of the Stroessner era and another to restore a version of the flag used during the dictatorship.
The Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay will meet this Tuesday, September 15, starting at 09:00 for a regular session with ten items on the agenda, according to ABC Color.
According to that outlet, the first item will examine a bill aimed at unblocking the payment of pending compensation to victims of Alfredo Stroessner’s regime. The proposal applies to cases initiated under Law No. 838/96, which provided reparations for the minor children of victims, and which later faced objections from the Attorney General’s Office in opinions issued starting in 2011 and 2012.
ABC Color indicated that the initiative bears the signatures of Benjamín Cantero, Carlos Arrechea, Pastor Vera Bejarano, Antonio Buzarquis, Rubén Roussillón, Arnaldo Valdez and Arturo Urbieta.
At the last item on the agenda, the cartista ruling bloc will again push for consideration of a bill on the design and use of the Flag of the Republic, the national coats of arms and the national seal. According to ABC Color, the proposal seeks to restore a version of the national symbols used during the Stroessner dictatorship, with red borders and a predominantly Colorado tone in the coats of arms. The text was signed by 14 cartista deputies and the outlet attributes the main push to Yamil Esgaib.
The agenda also includes a sports inclusion bill for neurodivergent people, covering people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, dyslexia or dyspraxia. The initiative seeks to guarantee their inclusion in all disciplines and remove access barriers, again according to ABC Color.
In addition, deputies will continue the article-by-article review of an amendment to Article 294 of the Paraguayan Penal Code. The proposal, introduced by cartista caucuses and already approved in general on August 18, seeks to increase penalties for those who facilitate or support the escape of people deprived of liberty, with harsher sanctions when penitentiary staff or other officials responsible for custody are involved, ABC Color reported.
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