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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 03 August 2018

PARAGUAY: Questions about electoral results resurface

A series of leaked audio recordings of conversations between an official in Paraguay’s supreme electoral tribunal (TSJE) and political leaders have raised serious questions about the validity of the results of the 22 April general election. The official electoral results released by the TSJE, which gave a decisive victory to the Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) in the presidential election, had been questioned by the political opposition, which at the time alleged electoral fraud in favour of the ruling party. The leaked recordings give renewed weight to the fraud allegations and create a serious headache for President-elect Mario Abdo Benítez even before he assumes office on 15 August.

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