Paraguay's ousted president forms shadow government

June 25, 2012 by legitgov

Paraguay's ousted president forms shadow government 25 Jun 2012 Paraguay's ousted president Fernando Lugo says he is planning to form a shadow cabinet, aiming to return to power and to attack the legitimacy of the government that replaced him. "I call on people from the countryside, the youth and all citizens to resist until we are back in the office we unfairly had to leave," Lugo told reporters on Monday. He further added that he intends to take his case on the international stage at this week's regional summit of MERCOSUR in Argentina. "I want to resist until we regain power because here there was a parliamentary coup," he said. Lugo, took power on pledges to champion the poor in 2008, accused his rivals of planning to "rob the people of their supreme decision" when they elected him to put an end to six decades of ruling by the right-wing Colorado Party.