Weekly Report - 30 April 2009 (WR-09-17)

President Fernando Lugo delivered a speech asking for forgiveness on 24 April at the end of a tumultuous week in which a third woman claimed that he was the father of her child. Lugo said he would not resign and that his political project would continue unabated. Lugo was forced to address the matter publicly after the opposition Partido Colorado (PC) mulled the possibility of impeaching him, which would require a two-thirds majority in congress, and one member of the nominally allied Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA) openly called for him to resign.