Most Paraguayans Want a New Constitution

The vast majority of people in Paraguay would like the country to reform its main body of law, according to a poll by GEO released by Última Hora. 63.9 per cent of respondents would support a call for the creation of a National Constituent Assembly to re-write Paraguay’s Constitution. In April, Paraguayans voted in presidential and legislative elections. Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop representing the left-leaning Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC), won the ballot with 42.3 per cent of the vote. Presidential candidates in Paraguay are not compelled to garner more than 50 per cent of the vote in order to win the election. Lugo’s victory ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay. The National Republican Association - Red Party (ANR) had been in power since 1947, even during the dictatorship of Alfredo... [read full story]