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| Argentine justice minister replaced due to domestic crisis |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-07-25 12:09:45 |
BUENOS AIRES,
July 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Argentine President Nestor Kirchner on Saturday night
dismissed Justice Minister Gustavo Beliz and National Security Secretary
Norberto Quantin due to serious violence and a political crisis in
Argentina.
Horracio Rosatti has been appointed as new
justice minister, said Argentine Prime Minister Alberto Fernandez after meeting
with Kirchner.
Kirchner, only a year into a four-year term,
returned to Buenos Aires on Saturday afternoon by shortening his visit in
Venezuela due to the domestic crisis.
Earlier, some
high-level officials close to Kirchner hinted that Justice Minister Gustavo
Beliz should be responsible for the crisis, Argentine media
reported.
Kirchner's government has come under criticism for
not dispatching police immediately to stop the violence erupted at midday last
Friday.
At least 17 people were detained for their
rock-throwing, window-shattering attack on the Buenos Aires city legislature,
triggered by a plan that could ban the presence of peddlers, prostitutes and
demonstrators on streets.
Reacting to rumors of his
retirement, Justice Minister Gustavo Beliz, responsible for security in
Argentina, earlier criticized publicly that Argentina's intelligence agency
failed to prevent the violence. He said underground groups tried to get rid of
him.
Beliz's remarks caused disputes inside Kirchner's government for almost all the leaders of intelligence agency were believed to be Kirchner's trusted followers. Enditem |
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