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more than 70 detainees after allegations of electoral fraud

more than 70 detainees after allegations of electoral fraud

The National Police assured that by this morning all the routes were already released. Santiago Peña became president this Sunday after getting a 15-point lead.

42 people were arrested in Paraguayan on Sunday night after various protests for alleged electoral fraud after the elections presidential elections that were won by Santiago Peña, the candidate of the Paraguayan ruling party.

The candidate for the presidency of Paraguayan by the ruler Colorado Party, Santiago Peña, became president-elect this Sunday with an indisputable advantage of more than 15 points over the opponent Ephraim Alegre, officially counted 99% of the votes.

Peña gets a comfortable 42.73% of the votes over 27.49% of Alegre. The pro-government candidate was proclaimed the winner of the presidential elections in Paraguay on Sunday. “We have a lot to do, after the last years of economic stagnation, of fiscal deficit, the task that awaits us is not for a single person or for a party,” Peña said. in a speech at the Colorado Party headquarters.

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CELEBRATION.

CELEBRATION. “Santi” Peña, president-elect of Paraguay, during the Sunday night celebration with his running mate Pedro Alliana.

The complaints of an alleged fraud grew virtually yesterday afternoon and ended with concentrations -some massive, such as in Ciudad del Este, the political cradle of Cubas- and cuts on several routes, which were cleared by the police at dawn.

Late last night, the former candidates added to the concern about the possibility of fraud. Efraín Alegre (Concertación) and Euclides Acevedo (New Republic)who demanded the audit of 10% of the electronic ballot boxes with the presence of an international consultant.

Paraguay: They denounce fraud in the elections

After the official results, protesters denounced fraud and cut the PY02 route, at the height of kilometers 10 and 30 in the jurisdiction of Caaguazú. However, the national police confirmed this Tuesday morning the release of all routes.

“Now all routes are enabled. Last night The National Police had to work intensely to clear the routesto restore public order,” Gilberto Fleitas, the commander of the National Police, told the local press this morning.

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The electoral justice estimated the voter turnout at 63% out of a total of 4.8 million registered residents in a population of 7.5 million inhabitants and the victory of the pro-government candidate Santiago Peña It was made official by the president of the Superior Court of Electoral Justice of Paraguay, Jorge Enrique Bogarín González.

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