[(Title)] Mario Abdo Benítez sworn in as Paraguay's new president.

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Former Senator Mario Abdo Benítez was sworn in as president of Paraguay on Wednesday after narrowly winning the presidential election in April.

前参议员马里奥·阿卜杜·贝尼特斯于周三宣誓就任巴拉圭总统。

The 46-year-old Abdo Benítez -- the son of ex-military dictator Alfredo Stroessner's right-hand man, Mario Benítez -- pledged to fight poverty and corruption in the country and improve judicial transparency.

46岁的马里奥·阿卜杜·贝尼特斯是前军事独裁者阿尔弗雷多·斯特罗斯纳的得力助手马里奥·贝尼特斯的儿子，他承诺将与该国的贫困和腐败做斗争，并提高司法透明度。

"We are going to build an independent and courageous justice so that impunity ends," he said.

他说："我们将建立一个独立和勇敢的司法制度，以便结束有罪不罚的现象。

Abdo Benítez defeated his opponent, liberal candidate Efraín Alegre, by a margin of less than 3 percentage points to keep control of the country in the hands of the conservative Colorado Party.

贝尼特斯以不到3个百分点的差距击败了他的对手，自由派候选人埃弗拉因·阿列格雷，以保持对保守的科罗拉多党的控制。

His predecessor, Horacio Cartes, and several Colorado Party senators chose not to attend the ceremony.

前任总统奥拉西奥·卡特斯和科罗拉多州的几位参议员选择不参加仪式。

The Colorado Party split over Cartes' attempt to amend the Constitution in order to earn another term and Abdo Benítez is expected to face resistance in Congress.

科罗拉多党反对卡特斯修改宪法以赢得另一任期，而马里奥·阿卜杜·贝尼特斯预计将在国会面临抵抗。

He also expressed a desire to separate himself from his father's political legacy with the Stroessner regime, which killed 400 people and arrested and tortured thousands more.

他还表示希望将自己与父亲和斯特罗斯纳的政权分开，该政权造成400人死亡，并逮捕并折磨了数千人。

"I was 15, 16 at the end of Stroessner, I was not involved in politics or militancy at that time, I rescued the policies that generated a positive impact, and that does not mean vindicating the person," he said of his father's legacy, according to El Pais.

根据《国家报》报告，他说，“在斯特罗斯纳政权的末期，我十五六岁，当时没有参与政治或军事活动。我解救了那些产生积极影响的政策，但这并不代表证明这个人是正确的。”

He previously said he wants to be known by his nickname "Marito" rather than the name he shares with his father, although he arrived to the ceremony in the same white Cadillac that Stroessner used to attend military parades.

他之前曾说他希望以他的绰号“Marito”而不是他与父亲分享的名字而闻名，尽管他是乘着斯特罗斯纳曾经参加军事游行的白色凯迪拉克来到典礼现场的。