Abdo avoided the political trial with the help of Bolsonaro | Chronic

The President of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, overcame the risk of being fired after his government and that of Brazil officially canceled the secret energy purchase agreement of the binational Itaipu dam, whose revelation has defeated, and that the initiative to promote a political trial has been left without the necessary majority in Congress.

Abdo Benítez saved his position thanks to Honor Colorado, the fraction of the ruling party in Colorado that runs his predecessor, Horacio Cartés, and whoever faces him, will withdraw his support for the political trial because he considers "to have repaired the damage" with the cancellation of the agreement. "With the signing of the cancellation of the secret act of Itaipu and the dismissal of those who were part of it, the Honor Colorado movement believes it has repaired the damage done to the country and therefore withdraws its support for the trial policy against the president.", Informed the head of the Chamber of Deputies and spokesman for this sector, Pedro Allianain your account Twitter.

In this way, the initiative also promoted by the liberal opposition party and the Guasú Front could not obtain the two-thirds majority provided for by the Constitution so that the Chamber of Deputies can accuse and the Senate judge.

The honorary decision Colorado was known shortly after the new foreign minister of Paraguay, Antonio Rivasand the Brazilian Ambbadador to Asunción, Carlos Simas Magalhaes, will sign at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay the cancellation of the secret agreement. After canceling the controversial deal and ending the political trial, Abdo Benítez broke the silence with a message in which he thanked the "respect"From different political actors to"democratic institutionality"And formulated a"call for dialogue and reflection"AT"all political leaders"

At the Palacio López, accompanied by his wife and without allowing journalists to ask questions, the head of state reaffirmed his commitment to "do not tolerate corruption"And warned that"If there are others (public servants) who have been negligent in their work, they will also continue to be fired.", Reported the state IP agency.

On May 24, Paraguay and Brazil signed an act – kept secret until last week – which set a timetable for the purchase of energy at Itaipu until 2022, a before the two parties renegotiate certain aspects of the treaty establishing the binational