Supreme Court Decision and Potential Presidential Candidacy
On October 30, 2007, Oviedo's conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court in an eight to one decision following testimony from former officers that there had been no coup attempt. The ruling left Oviedo free to run in the April 2008 presidential election. In January 2008 he was nominated as the candidate of his party, the National Union of Ethical Citizens, without opposition. He lost the election getting 22.8% of votes.
Lino Oviedo's similarly-named nephew, Lino César Oviedo Sánchez, is a member of the Senate of Paraguay for UNACE since 2008.
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