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Paraguay Councilman Protests Unpaid Wages Amid Dispute Over Campaign Advance
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Paraguay Councilman Protests Unpaid Wages Amid Dispute Over Campaign Advance

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A councilor in Carmelo Peralta, Paraguay, is protesting for three months of unpaid wages totaling 12 million Paraguayan guaranis.
  • Municipal officials claim the councilor received an advance payment for his re-election campaign.
  • The dispute centers on whether the councilor is owed money or owes the municipality.

A local councilor in Carmelo Peralta, Paraguay, has initiated a protest outside the Municipalidad, demanding payment for three months of owed wages. Lorenzo Sosa, a councilor from the PLRA party, claims he is owed 12 million Paraguayan guaranis, amounting to 4 million guaranis per month.

I will remain for as long as necessary. That is, until Mayor Silverio Adorno deigns to pay me what corresponds to me by law.

— Lorenzo SosaStating his resolve to continue protesting until his salary is paid.

Sosa alleges that the municipal executive, Mayor Silverio Adorno of the Colorado Party, deliberately withheld his salary because Sosa did not support Adorno's unsuccessful bid for re-election. The councilor stated his intention to continue the protest until he receives the legally owed payment.

The councilor is the one who owes the Municipality.

— Silverio AdornoResponding to the councilor's claims about unpaid wages.

However, Mayor Adorno presented a different account, asserting that Sosa is the one who owes the municipality. According to Adorno, Sosa received an advance of 27 million guaranis in May, purportedly for his election campaign expenses as he sought another term as councilor. The mayor claims the municipality has proof of this transfer, even if it wasn't directly to Sosa's personal bank account.

In May, we gave him 27 million guaranis as an advance. The councilor requested that this amount be advanced for his election campaign expenses, as he was running again for the position of councilor.

— Silverio AdornoExplaining the municipality's side of the financial dispute.

Adorno criticized Sosa's actions as "ungentlemanly," arguing that the councilor is attempting to claim money he is not entitled to, given the advance payment. The municipality maintains that Sosa currently has a debt to them based on the funds disbursed for his campaign. Carmelo Peralta is a border town located approximately 700 kilometers from Paraguay's capital and is part of the Bioceanic Corridor project, which includes a new international bridge connecting it to Puerto Murtinho, Brazil.

We have concrete proof that we transferred the indicated amount. Although it was not to a bank account of his property, it was to the account that Sosa himself indicated for the transfer to be made.

— Silverio AdornoAsserting the municipality's evidence of the advance payment to the councilor.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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