Paraguay: impeached ex-bishop to run for office

October 11, 2012

Fernando Lugo, a former bishop who was laicized upon his election as Paraguay’s president in 2008 and impeached and removed from office by the nation’s legislature in June, has announced that he will run for office again.

Lugo has admitted to fathering two children out of wedlock, one while a bishop.

 

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Further information:

• Lugo To Run In 2013 Elections (MISNA)
• Paraguay’s president, a former bishop, impeached (CWN, 6/25)
• Paraguay's president, a former bishop, fathered a child while still in clergy (CWN, 6/5)