Impeachment of Fernando Lugo

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Impeachment of Fernando Lugo
Fernando Lugo in 2010
Accused	Fernando Lugo, 48th President of Paraguay
Date	21–22 June 2012 (2012-06-21 – 2012-06-22)
Outcome	No impeachment trial held President Lugo found guilty of violating the constitution of Paraguay and immediately removed from office Vice President Federico Franco becomes president for the remainder of Lugo's term New presidential election held in April 2013
Congressional votes
Voting in the Chamber of Deputies (21 June 2012)
Accusation	Resolution to impeach
Votes in favor	76
Votes against	1
Result	Resolution approved
Voting in the Senate (22 June 2012)
Accusation	Resolution to convict
Votes in favor	39
Votes against	4
Result	Lugo convicted

Fernando Lugo, elected President of Paraguay in 2008, was impeached and removed from office by the Congress of Paraguay in June 2012. On 21 June the Chamber of Deputies voted 76 to 1 to impeach Lugo, and the Senate removed him from office the following day, by 39 votes to 4, resulting in Vice President Federico Franco, who had broken with Lugo, becoming President. Lugo contends he was denied due process because he did not have enough time to prepare a defense. A number of Latin American governments declared the proceeding was effectively a coup d'état. Lugo himself formally accepted the impeachment, but called it a "parliamentary coup".^[1]