In Paraguay, progressive and opposition parties denounce the removal of the mayor of Ciudad del Este, Miguel Prieto, as part of a systematic plan of the Conservative Colorado Party to eliminate political opponents. teleSUR
00:00In Paraguay, progressive and opposition parties have denounced the removal of the mayor of Ciudad del Este, Miguel Prieto,
00:07as part of a systematic plan of the conservative Colorado Party to eliminate political opponents.
00:14Let's see more with our colleague Osvaldo Sáez in the following report.
00:19The mayor of Ciudad del Este, Miguel Prieto, was dismissed by Congress without the right to due process,
00:25and in an express manner, the opposition to the conservative Colorado Party claims that this case is part of a systematic plan of persecution.
00:38This is a lawfare strategy, programmed to attack the opposition, to annihilate the opposition, removing all respect for the laws and the constitution.
00:49This exposed the way the system operates.
00:53This reconfirmed what we have been repeating for a long time, that it is a political persecution that the state acts in a terrorist manner against its opponents.
01:03Ciudad del Este is the second most important city in Paraguay, after the capital.
01:10It was a stronghold of the Colorado Party, an organization that supported the military dictatorship for 35 years,
01:17until Prieto won the mayor's office in 2019.
01:19He was thrown out of office without the right to a defense.
01:26There was never any theft, there was never any corruption.
01:32Furthermore, it should be mentioned that the dismissal of a municipal mayor elected by democratic means,
01:37by the citizens, violated the right to defense.
01:39Progressive parties claim that what the conservative government is looking for
01:48is to get out of the way of any candidate that could face it in the general elections of 2028.
01:53This is demonstrated by the cases of Prieto and former Senator González, both possible candidates for the presidency.
01:59There is an express decision by the elite that manages Paraguay,
02:06the economic and political elite that manages Paraguay through the CARTS group,
02:10to eliminate any kind of opposition.
02:12In this case, they are going to try to remove Miguel Praido from his career by impeaching him,
02:17to get into his administration, just as happened a little over a year ago with Senator González.
02:21The montages of the right-wing Colorado party have become recurrent since the coup d'etat
02:32against then-president Fernando Lugo in 2012.
02:35Then, the plots against the mayor of the capital Mario Ferrero in 2019,
02:40Senator Cadia González in 2024, and Miguel Prito this year.
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