Kattya González presents Senate expulsion case to OAS

Former Senator Kattya González is set to present her case regarding her expulsion from Paraguay's Senate to the Organization of American States (OAS). The Supreme Court of Justice recently rejected, by majority vote, her unconstitutionality action challenging her loss of investiture, which she considers illegal.

González has been invited to participate in a parallel event during the 56th regular session of the OAS General Assembly. There, she will detail her expulsion from the Senate and the recent court ruling. The event will be attended by diplomatic, ministerial, legislative delegations, and civil society representatives.

"In Paraguay, women who make politics a vocation and a citizen commitment live in permanent exile in our own land; we do not need to cross borders or travel distances: borders and distances are found within our own political organizations, in our institutions, in public policies, and in the biased and discriminatory application of norms in practice," González stated upon receiving the invitation. She added that Paraguay has not yet established a democratic culture and is witnessing a clear authoritarian resurgence that threatens global progress on many hard-won rights.

González further indicated that there are growing signs of orchestrated instigation aimed at discrimination, exclusion, and violence against the most vulnerable sectors of society, particularly women. She emphasized that the situation in Paraguay is not an isolated injustice against one person but part of a carefully planned and executed operation. The event, titled "Parity Democracy Without Violence: advances and challenges in the implementation of Inter-American Model Laws on parity, political violence, and digital violence against women," is organized by the Committee of Latin America and the Caribbean for the Defense of Women's Rights (CLADEM).