https://sagire.online/topic/political-crisis/ Articles and notes about Political crisis. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:48:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/5e2f46e2/https://sagire.online/wire/5e2f46e2/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:21:00 -0300The deputy head of the Bavarian state government, economy minister and leader of the Free Voters, Hubert Aiwanger, 55, was found dead in a hotel in Berlin. The head of the Bavarian government, Markus Söder, wrote on X on Wednesday evening that Aiwanger’s sudden death is an absolute tragedy and that everyone is deeply shocked. The investigation was assigned to a homicide unit of the Berlin Criminal Police Office together with prosecutors. The Bavarian parliament confirmed the death and said the cause had not yet been established.GermanyEuropePolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/70fd0419/https://sagire.online/wire/70fd0419/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:23:00 -0300Donald Trump Jr. backed Vice President JD Vance’s assessment that the Republican midterm defeat is down to the war with Iran, throwing the spotlight on divisions within the president’s own camp. Vance wrote on X: “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.” Trump acknowledged that it is “largely true” that Iran and the high fuel prices driven by the conflict led to the defeat, and maintained that he would “do it again,” according to AFP, in a text published by Al Arabiya.United StatesElectionsPolitical crisisIran https://sagire.online/wire/6d063183/https://sagire.online/wire/6d063183/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:23:00 -0300Republican Rep. Thomas Massie gave Pete Hegseth an ultimatum on Wednesday night: resign or face impeachment in the final stretch of the 119th Congress. Massie’s resolution accuses the defense secretary of waging war against Iran without congressional approval and of flouting laws that limit civilian casualties. Trump said he was not considering replacing him: “No, I think he’s doing a very good job.” The Defense Department said Hegseth was “100 percent committed” to leading the Pentagon until the end of Trump’s term, on January 20, 2029, according to Reuters, in a text published by U.S. News.United StatesDefensePolitical crisisIran https://sagire.online/wire/81139e13/https://sagire.online/wire/81139e13/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 20:23:00 -030035 lawmakers submitted impeachment articles against President Santiago Peña in the 80-seat lower house on Wednesday and requested an extraordinary session on Thursday to debate the matter, according to Reuters. The opposition accuses Peña of conflicts of interest, misuse of pension funds and institutional cover-ups in the bank case. Paraguay's central bank intervened in Ueno after finding minimum solvency requirements breached, leaving about 3 million customers in a country of 6.5 million people unable to access their accounts. The opposition still lacks the two-thirds majority needed to advance impeachment but has won backing from dissidents of the ruling Colorado Party.ParaguayPolitical crisisEconomy https://sagire.online/wire/12685e67/https://sagire.online/wire/12685e67/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:22:00 -0300US House Speaker Mike Johnson will step down from the Republican leadership after his party’s defeat in the midterm elections, his spokesperson confirmed to AFP on Wednesday. Asked about the departure, the spokesperson replied only “Correct,” according to the agency, in a text republished by Times Brasil. Johnson was reelected as a representative from Louisiana and has not announced an immediate departure from the speakership or from Congress. The opening sets up a contest between current Republican majority leader Steve Scalise, a representative from Louisiana, and Jim Jordan, chair of the Judiciary Committee and a representative from Ohio.United StatesElectionsPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/24943d1e/https://sagire.online/wire/24943d1e/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:24:00 -0300The Degel HaTorah faction of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party announced that it will not recommend any candidate for prime minister in consultations with President Isaac Herzog, following instructions from its spiritual leaders. The decision by a longtime ally of Benjamin Netanyahu deepens the rift with the prime minister, prompted by the coalition’s failure to pass a law enshrining military service exemptions for Haredi men. Herzog is consulting parties on whom to task with forming the next government and told party leaders that “not every commitment and promise can be fulfilled” if they want to avoid a new election. Gadi Eisenkot is expected to get the mandate, and the Arab party Ra’am has confirmed it will endorse him. UTJ is scheduled to meet Herzog on Thursday, and it remains unclear whether the Agudat Yisrael faction will recommend Netanyahu or also abstain.IsraelElectionsPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/f05f243a/https://sagire.online/wire/f05f243a/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:22:00 -0300Armenia's National Security Service detained Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the opposition Strong Armenia bloc, after searches at his homes, according to TASS. Armenia's Investigative Committee confirmed searches at 65 addresses, including properties linked to his nephew Narek Karapetyan, head of the bloc's parliamentary group. The detention is part of a criminal investigation into abuse of authority at his businesses that allegedly caused losses of around $179 million to Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA), according to the committee.ArmeniaPolitical crisisJustice https://sagire.online/wire/a82b3a18/https://sagire.online/wire/a82b3a18/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:22:00 -0300The Central Bank of Paraguay ordered the intervention of Ueno Bank after finding a solvency ratio below 50% of the required minimum, following adjustments to its balance sheets during the regularization process. President Santiago Peña asked for the resignation of Central Bank president Carlos Carvallo and agreed with the heads of both chambers of Congress on a bill authorizing the use of the Guarantee Fund to start immediate payment to savers, including public funds and the IPS. Peña was a business partner of the bank until March 2025 and gave up his shares after criticism over a conflict of interest; the institution, linked to former business partners of the president, held hundreds of millions of dollars in public resources, including investments from Paraguay's social security system. On Wednesday, lawmakers began collecting signatures to file an impeachment request against Peña and Vice President Pedro Alliana. On Tuesday night, account holders and retirees protested outside the National Congress and the presidential residence, demanding the return of the blocked money and that authorities be held accountable.ParaguayPolitical crisisLatin AmericaProtests https://sagire.online/wire/2325239f/https://sagire.online/wire/2325239f/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:21:00 -0300US House Speaker Mike Johnson told his staff on Wednesday that he will not stay on as Republican leader in the new Congress, according to four sources on the call. Republicans scheduled their internal election to choose a new leader for November 10. Vice President JD Vance attributed the party’s midterm defeat to the war with Iran.United StatesElectionsPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/8954e349/https://sagire.online/wire/8954e349/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:22:00 -0300According to the Associated Press (AP), in a text republished by the Boston Globe, Indonesia's military deployed more than 20,000 troops and personnel to Jakarta as authorities investigate an alleged illegal wiretapping operation targeting the president. The total number of personnel involved reached 20,980, according to Vice Adm. Yayan Sofiyan. Police named Listyo Sigit Prabowo, Ahrie Sonta Nasution and Eko Hadi Santoso as suspects in the case and said they were detained Sunday. There are allegations that the president, Cabinet officials, politicians, journalists, civil society leaders and business executives were subjected to unauthorized surveillance. The suspects are also accused of ordering in late October the deletion of files containing intercepted communications.IndonesiaCybersecurityPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/fed3c923/https://sagire.online/wire/fed3c923/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:22:00 -0300Israel’s Central Elections Committee conducted an audit of 9,069 polling stations following fraud complaints and said the results “accurately reflect the will of the voters,” according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The committee said all complaints submitted by political factions had been reviewed and that there were no findings indicating harm to the integrity of the election. President Isaac Herzog will at noon officially receive the results of the October 27 election as he decides whether to give Benjamin Netanyahu or Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form a government, with neither commanding enough votes alone. Netanyahu has alleged fraud by Arab-majority parties, pointing to the arrests of people with envelopes of cash on election day and later saying lawmakers received money from Qatar. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said she would not question anyone without evidence.IsraelElectionsPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/893aabfb/https://sagire.online/wire/893aabfb/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:22:00 -0300Pastef lawmakers, whose party holds 130 of the 165 seats in Senegal’s National Assembly, rejected the 2026 revised budget bill three times. Passing the text is a precondition for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) board’s approval of a US$ 2.2 billion loan. To bring the accounts back into balance, the government proposes cutting 555 billion CFA francs (about US$ 949 million) in investment spending in its new budget. Senegal’s public debt equals 130% of gross domestic product (GDP), according to Les Echos.SenegalEconomyPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/2407b2b3/https://sagire.online/wire/2407b2b3/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:20:00 -0300With 99% of ballots counted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and its far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies won 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. The opposing bloc holds 48 seats from former military chief Gadi Eisenkot’s right-wing and center-left factions and a record 19 seats from the two Arab-dominated parties. The new Knesset convenes on November 10 and President Isaac Herzog is expected to give Eisenkot — whose Yashar is the largest in the anti-Netanyahu bloc — the mandate to form a government, while caretaker Netanyahu faces no special legal restrictions on military operations and could legally authorize an attack on Iran despite lacking a parliamentary majority, subject to ordinary procedures.IsraelElectionsPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/3d67dc4d/https://sagire.online/wire/3d67dc4d/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:22:00 -0300Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto sacked his chief of staff, former National Police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo, on Wednesday after his arrest for allegedly wiretapping the president, cabinet ministers, politicians and journalists, in a case in which an internal investigation flagged phone numbers entered illegally into the interception system between 2025 and 2026, unconnected with any official investigation, and in which inspectors general Ahrie Sonta Nasution and Eko Hadi Santoso were also named suspects. Indonesia’s government said the former police chief may have committed “treason” through his alleged role in tapping President Prabowo Subianto’s phone, in acts that endanger state interests and the safety of the country’s leader, according to presidential spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi.IndonesiaSoutheast AsiaPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/48de5ff1/https://sagire.online/wire/48de5ff1/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:23:00 -0300Paraguay’s central bank board voted unanimously on Monday to put Ueno Bank into resolution, after its solvency ratio fell below half the legal minimum; the bank says it has about 3 million customers and manages $800 million to $850 million in public money, including about $380 million from the state pension and health fund; prosecutors sought the arrest of eight people, including President Juan Manuel Gustale and chief executive Federico Miguel Vázquez Villasanti; and President Santiago Peña canceled a trip to a summit in Spain, asked central bank chief Carlos Carvallo to resign, and promised to fast-track depositor repayment legislation. Peña’s party vice president Rodolfo Friedmann called for the president’s expulsion, while Senate President Basilio Núñez defended him and blamed the central bank.ParaguayLatin AmericaPolitical crisis