BOLIVARIAN ALLIANCE FOR THE PEOPLES OF OUR AMERICA

ALBA rejects the move for impeachment against President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo

SPECIAL STATEMENT

We, the member countries of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA-TCP, reject the move of rightist sectors of Paraguav to initiate impeachment proceedings against the constitutional President of the sister Republic, Fernando Lugo.

This suit looks for the removal of President Lugo and for establishment of an illegitimate government in order to retrograde Paraguav to the old and obsolete political practices.

From the ALBA-TCP we reiterate our support for the democratic government of President Lugo, who can only be replaced by a vote of the Paraguavan people that elected him.

We call upon the Paraguavan people to defend democracv, reiterating that they have the support of Latin America and the Caribbean.

In the end, we urge all democratic nations of the world to support the sovereignty of the Paraguavan people and the peaceful and democratic development of this sister nation.

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, June 21, 2012