# Paraguay’s Peña Submits Resignation as Lawmakers Back Impeachment

By Riza Dagoc

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Published: 2026-11-07T05:53:31.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-07T05:53:31.000Z
Section: Regulation

> Impeachment proceedings won 78 votes, while the central bank outlined an initial payout group for Ueno depositors.

Peña submitted his resignation as Paraguayan lawmakers approved impeachment proceedings with 78 votes, deepening a political crisis unfolding alongside Ueno Bank’s initial depositor payout process.

The resignation submission is Peña’s action, while approval of impeachment proceedings is the legislature’s. Together, those steps put his position at the center of the political crisis. The 78-vote tally marks lawmakers’ support for moving the impeachment process forward.

Paraguay’s central bank has outlined an initial payout group for Ueno depositors. The group represents the first depositors included in the payout plan. That is the banking development accompanying the political moves.

Together, the developments tie the dispute over political leadership to the central bank’s response for Ueno depositors. The resignation submission and the impeachment vote form the political side of the crisis; the initial payout group is its banking side. The combined developments put Paraguay’s political leadership and the treatment of Ueno depositors in focus.