Paraguay's Alliana asks ministers to put posts at his disposal
Three days into office, Pedro Alliana says no one stops working and exempts officials with a legal term.
Paraguayan President Pedro Alliana asked his ministers and the heads of trust-based agencies on Monday to put their posts at his disposal, three days after taking office. It is not a resignation: it leaves the decision on who stays and who goes in his hands.
Alliana announced the move on X. Rolando de Barros, the secretary general and head of the Civil Cabinet, is handling the process. Alliana wrote that he wants to "strengthen the Government's coordination" and run a more efficient administration.
Circular PR/GC/2026/05380 covers ministers, executive secretaries with ministerial rank and the heads of autonomous bodies, public banks and state companies, as long as their posts are positions of trust. It points to a second circular, number 05379, on keeping institutions running.
"The functioning of all institutions will continue with absolute normality," Alliana wrote.
Alliana, formerly vice president, was sworn in on Nov. 6 after Congress removed Santiago Peña in an impeachment trial over the Ueno Bank case, a financial institution taken over by the central bank. He will serve until August 2028. No minister has resigned or been kept on so far.
Officials with a term set by law, those appointed with the consent or involvement of another branch of government, and those who can be removed only on legal grounds are exempt.
