The former president and current senator of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, arrived in his country this Friday after being hospitalized in Argentina.
the policy of Paraguayan had a particularly emotional Friday: after six months of medical care in Buenos Aires to recover from the ones that a stroke, Fernando Lugo returned to the country. While the current president, Mario Abdo Benitezis found in Dominican Republic to participate in the Iberoamerican Summitthe arrival of Lugo provokes expectation in the sectors of center left ahead of the general elections.
Lugo suffered a stroke on August 10, 2022, as a result of a hemorrhage from a congenital arteriovenous malformation, and was transferred on September 7 to Buenos Aires to start a rehabilitation treatment that allows him to recover from the sequelae. In his role as legislator, he participated on March 2 in a senate session through a video call from the Fleni Clinicwhere the last stretch of his recovery was ending and he had already held meetings with representatives of the Guasu Frontpolitical coalition that he chairs.
This Friday afternoon, and through a private flight, the former president arrived in Assumption. According to those close to him, the recovery of Fernando Lugo it is almost full and its main sequel is linked to the difficulty in fluency of speech, a product of the time that he remained intubated in intensive care. However, the doctors indicated that he was restless with the expectation of his return, to 35 days of the general elections in Paraguay.
Fernando Lugo He is pointed out as the political leader who can provoke the unity of the entire opposition, mostly grouped in the National Agreementwhich leads as a candidate to the liberal Ephraim Alegre. a section of Guasu Frontto which the former president belongs, joined space new republicwho chose a formula led by Euclides Acevedo (former chancellor to the president Mario Abdo Benitez) and Jorge Quereyclose to Lugo.
Support from Fernando Lugo toward Ephraim Alegre or towards Euclides Acevedo can determine the chances of the two main options of the opposition, which seek to end the hegemony in Paraguayan of the Colorado Party. “He will undoubtedly influence the next elections. He has a volume of votes that is above 350,000; it is a hard vote that until today places him as the best president of the democratic era. They value the work he did in health, making it free for many Paraguayans,” said the senator Miguel Fulgencio Rodriguezof the Guasu Frontto the Sputnik agency.
A statement from Guasu Front celebrated the arrival of the former president in the country through a statement. “the companion Fernando Lugo represents a national symbol of struggle and tireless commitment to the social and political transformation of our country”, published and ratified Lugo’s candidacy for senator in these elections.
Source: Ambito
