The victory of Pedro Alliana in the internal elections of Paraguay’s ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) is another step along the road of lifting the bar on presidential re-election in Paraguay, principally for the benefit of the incumbent, Horacio Cartes. Alliana, a hitherto obscure deputy, beat his rival Mario Abdo Benítez, an ANR-PC senator, by 10 percentage points to become the new party president. Alliana enjoyed substantial financial backing from Cartes. Though Alliana’s campaign made little reference to the idea of re-election, he is known to support the idea.
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