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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 24 August 2018

PARAGUAY: Abdo Benítez seeks to make instant impression

Mario Abdo Benítez was inaugurated as Paraguay’s new president on 15 August. During his inauguration speech, Abdo Benítez emphasised that one of his new administration’s immediate priorities would be to honour his campaign pledge to conduct a comprehensive reform of the national judicial system to make it more independent and transparent. In a sign of his determination to achieve this objective, Abdo Benítez called for a broad national dialogue over advancing any constitutional reforms necessary to overhaul the judicial and political systems.

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