Asunción: Nenecho's furious response over G6 bond diversion

Former Asunción mayor Óscar “Nenecho” Rodríguez has fiercely defended himself on social media after a report revealed his administration never planned the revitalization of 10 public plazas promised with G6 bonds issued in 2020.

Official documents obtained by ABC Color through a public information request show that Rodríguez’s administration did not plan or budget for the promised plaza interventions. The G6 bonds totaled G. 100,000 million, with Rodríguez having committed G. 10,000 million to the plaza projects. However, municipal departments confirmed they have no records or plans indicating these works ever materialized on paper.

Rodríguez, who signed the resolution for the G6 bond issuance as mayor and had previously authorized it as president of the Municipal Council, engaged with critics online. He specifically responded to a user who suggested he was avoiding accountability, stating, “Your fourth-rate page that writes nonsense without knowing!” Rodríguez asserted that the G6 bonds and the initial plaza repair plans were part of the previous administration under Mario Ferreiro, and that he annulled those plans upon assuming office on December 20, 2019.

Of the ten plazas Rodríguez pledged to revitalize, only one, Plaza Naciones Unidas in the Mburicao neighborhood, saw any work begin, though it remained unfinished. Public Procurement Directorate records indicate that only G. 971 million were paid for this project, which was awarded at over G. 2,300 million. Work halted due to a lack of funds, and the current administration, led by Luis Bello, completed the project last year using its own funds.