Mercosur tribunal will rule on Paraguay’s appeal questioning suspension
Mercosur Review Standing Tribunal admitted the demand presented by the government of President Federico Franco against the suspension of Paraguay and thus object the incorporation of Venenzuela as full member of the regional block
One of the legal experts from the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry, Ernesto Velazquez confirmed the appeal presented by Paraguay last 9 July.
The tribunal that will discuss the issue is made up of Argentina’s Carlos Maria Correa; Paraguay’s Roberto Ruiz Diaz; Uruguay's Jose Maria Gamio and Wilber Barral and Jorge Luis Fontora from Brazil.
“As of today (Tuesday) the members have six days running to come to a ruling, so that means that at the latest on Sunday we must have a reply to our claim”, said Velazquez.
The legal advisor said he trusted the members of the tribunal will act accordingly and again insisted that the latest resolutions adopted by Mercosur, “are void of all legality”.
“If the Paraguayan demand is accepted the decisions adopted at the Mercosur Mendoza summit (suspension of Paraguay and incorporation of Venezuela) will have no effect, which is what corresponds from a strict juridical interpretation, but if the ruling is negative for Paraguay, we have the right to other international instances where to appeal, but we trust the decision will be favourable for us”, explained Velazquez.
Paraguay was suspended by its Mercosur full peers because the removal of Fernando Lugo was seeing as a “democratic fracture”, despite the fact the political impeachment was done according to constitutional procedure.
President Federico Franco who was the running mate of Lugo in the presidential ticket of 2008, is a member of the Authentic Radical Liberal party, (‘liberals’) took office as president last June 22, a few hours after the Senate removed Lugo from office for his mishandling of government affairs in a trial criticized for its very summary condition.
Under the Paraguayan constitution the Vice-president replaces the President in case of vacancy generated as a consequence of specific conditions such was the case with the former bishop Lugo.
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It must be a sad existence for you if CFK is your idol.
On your Hero Chavez and intresting report issued today by Human Rights Watch shows just what kind of power system is in play there. www.hrw.org/reports/2012/07/17/tightening-grip-0. And this is the system CFK wishes to aligen herself with. She is making herself and the country a laughting stoke within the UN.
BK, if you really believe in socialism, which I for one doubt, just google the following:
1) María Lourdes Afiuni
2) The newspaper 6to Poder
3) Human rights defender Rocío San Miguel
4) RCTV
5) Globovisión
6) Oswaldo Álvarez Paz
If you can o on supporting Chávez after reading up on them, you are definitely NOT a socialist!!!!
Goes straight to the credibility of the organisation, difficult to see how this trade block now turned political alliance can survive.
Still wondering about Brazil’s motivation in all this though.
BK is a pro-Falklands blogger. You do realise that don't you? Sarcasm is his chosen method. I used to get a little wound up by him but now that I realise what he's doing it's quite funny.
And your the universal judge on matters that require measurement who is and who is not a socialist I take it?
If the tribunal do not reach this conclusion, it will be a farce!
Mercosur's credibility is sinking lower and lower everyday!
No Negro, I'm not a judge, but I am a true believer in socialist principles, and I cannot believe that any true socialist can believe that Chávez or Fernández de Kirchner are socialists.
Socialism looks for ways of solving the problems of the people on a permanent basis, all these two populist clowns have done is make their people's lives more miserable.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 15
(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Article 17
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
Article 21
(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Would you like to comment on the “rights” outlined above that CFK has either breached already or would like to breach if she thought she could get away with it?
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