Paraguay’s Senate voted on Friday to impeach President Santiago Peña from office. Lawmakers acted over his links to the collapse of Ueno, a local bank, a failure that has set off both a political and a financial crisis. The vote went ahead even though Peña had already announced his resignation a day earlier.
\n\nThe Associated Press reports that Peña stepped down on Thursday after the failure of a major digital bank tied to his government led to street protests and froze people’s savings. Within minutes of his announcement, Paraguay’s lower house voted 78 to 0 to impeach him and passed the charges to the Senate. Reuters reports that the Senate then moved quickly and removed him a day later.
\n\nIn a video posted on X on Thursday, Peña said he was leaving for the sake of the country’s stability, social peace and democratic institutions. In a post on X today, he wrote – "I submitted my resignation to prevent further harm to the country and help restore peace of mind to Paraguay. I do not want my presence to cause further division or instability. My responsibility is to put the country above my personal future."
\n\n"Today, we must come together…
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