Liseras rejects calls to resign from Paraguay gambling regulator role
Paraguayan senator Carlos Liseras said he will not resign as head of the National Gambling Commission (Conajzar), maintaining that an unpaid leave permits him to hold his Senate seat. Constitutional lawyer Hugo Estigarribia argued that Liseras must leave the commission before taking office; Liseras said the Supreme Court or Parliament should decide any challenge.
The dispute concerns whether a gambling regulator’s head can hold a legislative seat while on unpaid leave.