# Peña takes the oath as Colorado president after the 30 April 2023 contest

Date: 2023

## The fact

On 15 August 2023 [Santiago Peña](/people/santiago-pena) took the presidential oath in Asunción, succeeding Mario Abdo Benítez after the 30 April 2023 general election. He was the Colorado nominee associated with Horacio Cartes.

## Context

Cartes remains unresolved. Abdo remains unresolved. Peña did not sit as every TSJE printer.

30 April 2023 election is parent. 15 November 2024 statute is a later child. Keep Peña takes the oath as Colorado president after the 30 April 2023 contest on 2023-08-15 separate from neighbouring 15 August 2023 oath, 15 November 2024 Law 7363, and April 2025 Itaipú Annex C suspension.

The president of Paraguay is head of state and head of government. He can enact an NGO statute, suspend treaty talks, and appoint ministers. He does not sit as an Itaipú turbine operator, a TSJE precinct printer, or a US designations officer.

## Evidence and sources

Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is transfer and Colorado continuity: a completed oath under a Cartes-nominated ticket.

## What is established and what is not

Established: Peña took the oath on 15 August 2023 after the 30 April Colorado victory.

Not established: A unique later civic rebate from the oath hour, or that Cartes’s US designation is this same afternoon.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Congress received the oath. Cartes had nominated. Abdo left on schedule.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Peña takes the oath as Colorado president after the 30 April 2023 contest, not a later speech about Peña takes the oath as Colorado president after the 30 April 2023 contest.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Peña takes the oath as Colorado president after the 30 April 2023 contest on 2023-08-15 is not a licence to treat every later Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Peña takes the oath as Colorado president after the 30 April 2023 contest into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to TSJE counted. Congress received the oath. Cartes had nominated. Abdo left on schedule. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Santiago Peña: https://factrail.ai/people/santiago-pena

## Drivers

- Peña Colorado continuity: https://factrail.ai/drivers/pena-colorado-continuity
- Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/santiago-pena-sworn-paraguay-president-2023-08-15/
- https://www.presidencia.gov.py/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/py-pena-oath-2023