Paraguay
Esperanza Martínez questioned Camilo Pérez and called for Comptroller oversight of public funds
The PDP senator raised the issue during the Senate session, in the context of the municipal campaign in Asunción. She also called on voters to turn out and report any irregularities on election day.
Senator Esperanza Martínez questioned ANR candidate for mayor of Asunción, Camilo Pérez, during the Senate session and publicly asked him to submit to oversight by the Contraloría General de la República to demonstrate, she said, transparency in the handling of public resources.
According to ABC Color, Martínez linked her remarks to a request for information that, according to her version, remains unanswered. She also criticized the Contraloría, saying it had received reports about those resources but did not include them in its audit and oversight program.
The lawmaker also referred to the so-called group 800 in the budget. In her view, the resources managed by Pérez were assigned to that scheme, which, she said, does not go through the same controls as other state spending. The outlet noted that those remarks are part of the senator’s political argument and do not in themselves constitute a conclusion from an audit or an official investigation.
In her remarks, Martínez also spoke about the electoral scenario in Asunción. She did so after an anecdote mentioned by Senator Eduardo Nakayama about a voter’s doubts regarding a possible fraud and questions about voting machines. In response, she said citizens should still go to the polls.
According to ABC Color, the senator framed the municipal election on October 4 as a contest between continuity and change. In that context, she again contrasted Pérez’s candidacy with that of Soledad Núñez, the candidate of the Alianza Juntos por Asunción, and called on citizens to participate actively, remain attentive at polling stations and report any instances of vote buying or irregular situations during the day.
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