Paraguayan candidate Soledad Núñez unveils anti-corruption plan, challenges rival to debate

Soledad Núñez, candidate for mayor of Asunción under the Alliance for Asunción, has unveiled a comprehensive management plan centered on transparency and the fight against irregularities in communal resource administration. During the presentation, held in front of unfinished infrastructure projects, Núñez formally invited her rival, Camilo Pérez of the National Republican Association (ANR), to a public debate.

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We chose to be here today for a reason. Look at what we have behind us: these concrete structures that have already been paid for, which should have been underground fulfilling a function in the city, preventing everything from being washed away with every rain. Corruption is paid for with the money of the people who work at the end of the month to support a municipality that provides no answers.

Núñez emphasized the direct correlation between corruption and the city's infrastructure failures. "We chose to be here today for a reason. Look at what we have behind us: these concrete structures that have already been paid for, which should have been underground fulfilling a function in the city, preventing everything from being washed away with every rain. Corruption is paid for with the money of the people who work at the end of the month to support a municipality that provides no answers," Núñez stated.

The candidate's anti-corruption plan outlines six key measures aimed at reforming the municipal administration. These include the creation of a Special Unit for Resource Recovery to audit and investigate fund diversions, a "municipality without deadwood or political operators" policy to ensure accountability in staffing, and unannounced audits across all municipal departments.

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It is not enough to discover where corruption is; the money must be recovered and returned to the city. Every guarani recovered will be public through a control panel.

Furthermore, Núñez's plan proposes a Public Registry of Contracts to thoroughly review all current agreements for construction projects. She committed to presenting a general report within her first 100 days in office, signaling a strong intent to tackle the deep-seated issues plaguing the capital.

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The taxpayers' money will not be used to pay political favors. Whoever works gets paid, and whoever doesn't, goes home. This is not a threat; it is simply complying with the law.