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Alleged assassination attempt
On 14 February 2008, Duarte visited the headquarters of the Paraguayan Military, there he was served a glass of water. Upon sipping it, Duarte spat the water, saying it tasted weird and that it burned his mouth. The water was examined and it was concluded that it contained muriatic acid. Duarte claimed this was an assassination attempt, although he didn't accuse anyone specifically.

Opponents of Duarte dismissed the incident, saying it was exaggerated in order to distract the public from the spread of yellow fever across the country.

Attempted swearing-in as senator
In the 2008 election, Duarte was elected to the Senate. On 23 June Duarte presented his resignation to the President of the Senate, Miguel Abdón Saguier, in order to be sworn in as Senator on 1 July. The opposition argued that it would be unconstitutional for a former president to serve in the Senate, so they rejected his resignation by not attending the sessions were it was supposed to be accepted. As expected, the quorum was not reached at the 24 June 2008 session, so Duarte's resignation was rejected, forcing him to stay in power until his term expired on 15 August. Duarte's seat was instead taken by Jorge Cespedes.

Another session was called for Duarte to be sworn in as senator on 26 August, two weeks after he left office. The session was once again boycotted and quorum was not reached, but the new President of the Senate, Enrique González Quintana, decided to swear him in anyway. However, days later the Senate voted to annul Duarte's swearing in, declaring that Jorge Cespedes would officially take his place and that Duarte was, like all former presidents, just senator for life, a ceremonial title with no power whatsoever.

Second attempted swearing-in as senator
In the 2018 election, Duarte and then-outgoing President Horacio Cartes were elected to the Senate. This was criticized by the opposition, arguing that it would be unconstitutional for former presidents to serve in the Senate

but the Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice overruled that decision, ruling that both Cartes and Duarte were eligible to run for the Senate. Ultimately, neither were able to assume as Senators this time either.

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