A request for Santiago Pena's dismissal for alleged misconduct and conflict of interest has received 35 signatures among opposition lawmakers. (EPA Images pic)ASUNCION: The Paraguayan opposition presented a motion to remove President Santiago Pena from office over the Central Bank's seizure of a major lender linked to him, a lawmaker told AFP on Wednesday.
Protests have rippled across the South American nation after the takeover of Ueno Bank a day earlier left millions of depositors, including pensioners, without access to their money.
Right-winger Pena owned shares in a group that controlled Ueno Bank, but he sold them last year.
The request for his dismissal for alleged misconduct and conflict of interest received 35 signatures among opposition lawmakers, dissident ruling party lawmaker Mauricio Espinola told AFP.
