00:00Despite Santiago Pena's resignation as President of Paraguay, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously
00:05approved his impeachment on Thursday.
00:08Precisely, the 78 legislators present voted in favour of the proceedings, so the Senate
00:15have to decide how, whether to proceed with impeachment or accept the President's resignation.
00:21The decision came less than an hour after Pena's resignation was made public.
00:26It was formally submitted to Congress by Interior Minister Enrique Riera at approximately 1.30pm local time.
00:33This comes amid a crisis triggered by Ueno Bank after the Central Bank of Paraguay
00:41ordered on Tuesday the takeover of the digital bank following the discovery that the dissolvency ratio
00:47had fallen below 50% of the required minimum in a crisis that has frozen government funds
00:52and that savings of millions of citizens' customers and retirees.
01:02We are going to proceed to the reading of the result of the voting of the political trial
01:09of President Santiago Pena.
01:1378 votes in favour, no votes against.
01:22In this way, the formulation of the accusation against the President of the Republic,
01:26Don Santiago Pena Palacios, is approved before the Honorable Chamber of Senators,
01:32and it will be communicated where it corresponds.
01:3589 votes in cow, as valuable sponsors .
01:3995 votes in the Patriot Parliament, is working close to the
01:40respectable Charles Henry gerade
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