Case Kattya: Justice is the Senate's 'armed wing' of 23 hitmen, say deputies

Opposition deputies in Paraguay have strongly criticized the Supreme Court of Justice's ruling on the case of former senator Kattya González, accusing the judiciary of becoming the "armed wing" of the Senate. They allege that the court executed an order from a group of senators perceived as "drunk with power" and acting from a "quincho."

Lawmaker Raúl Benítez stated that the Paraguayan justice system has "finished executing what a handful of people decided drunk with power from a quincho." He asserted that the ruling revealed the Supreme Court's alignment and confirmed that the justice system is "subordinate" in the country, leaving citizens who question the ruling party "cartismo" unsafe.

Benítez further condemned the six members of the Expanded Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court who rejected González's appeal to regain her Senate seat. He described them as aligning with "traitors of the homeland" and those who "destroy institutions, loot hospitals, submit and intimidate in exchange for votes, steal the education system, and profit from every cent of this country." He lamented that a justice system subjected to a handful of politicians "does not serve the people."

Deputy Johanna Ortega added that González did not merely fight for her seat but chose not to remain silent against "abuse and injustice." Ortega believes the court's decision deepens, rather than heals, the institutional wound, reflecting what many Paraguayans perceive as a clear and evident injustice. The deputies' statements highlight a deep distrust in the independence of the judiciary and its susceptibility to political influence from the ruling party.