The Progressive Democratic Party (

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: ''Partido Democrático Progresista'') is a

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an political party created in 2007, split from the

Party for a Country of Solidarity The Party for a Country of Solidarity (, PPS) is a political party in Paraguay. It was formed in 2000 when a faction of the National Encounter Party led by Carlos Filizzola broke away to create a new party. History The party originated in 1996 ...

. In the

2008 Paraguayan general election General elections were held in Paraguay on 20 April 2008. Elections were held for the presidency, 45 senators, 80 representatives, 17 governors and Paraguay's members in the Mercosur Parliament. The presidential election was won by opposition c ...

it won one seat in the

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and one in the

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. In the 2008 elections it was part of the

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electoral coalition, and had a representative,

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, appointed interior minister. It withdrew from the governing coalition in early 2009, although it continued to participate as an observer, and to support the Lugo presidency. Filizzola remained interior minister until mid-2011, when Lugo asked him to resign.

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