Paraguay

National Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay (1992, last amended 2011)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 118 states:

Suffrage is a right, duty and public function of the electorate. It constitutes the base of the democratic and representative system. It is founded in the universal, free, direct, equal, and secret vote; in the revote public, and in the system of proportional representation.

 

Article 120 states:

Every Paraguayan citizen, 18 years old and residing in the national territory is eligible to vote. Citizens can not only elect, but can also be elected without restrictions, other than those established in this Constitution and the law.

 

Excerpts from the National Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay (1992, last amended 2011)

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Article 153 states:

The exercise of citizenship will be suspended…(2) for legally declared incapacity, that impedes work freely and with discernment.

 

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Article 6 states:

The quality of life will be promoted by the state through plans and policies that recognize conditional factors, such as extreme poverty and the impediments of disability or age.

 

Article 58 states:

It will be guaranteed to exceptional persons, the attention of their health, of their education, of their recreation, and of their professional formation for a social integration plan. The State will organize a prevention policy, treatment rehabilitation and nitration of the physically, mentally and sensory disabled, to whom the specialized care will be given that they require. They know that to enjoy the rights of the Constitution that are granted to all citizens of the Republic, with equal opportunities in order to offset their disadvantages.

 

Article 130 states:

The veterans of the Chaco war, and those of other armed international conflicts that found in defense of the homeland, will enjoy honors and privileges; of pensions that will permit them to live well; preferential assistance, free and comprehensive health care, as well as other benefits as determined by the law.  The economic benefits will be inherited by the widows or children who are minors of disabled, including veterans fallen prior to the adoption of this constitution.

 

Excerpts from the National Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay (1992, last amended 2011)