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Date: 27 Jan 93 01:44 PST
Subject: Argentina Newsbriefs 1/25 ed-lp
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Subject: Argentina Newsbriefs 1/25 ed-lp
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From el diario/La Prensa

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el Diario/La Prensa" is 
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.

Argentina: Election of Opposition Candidate Called Null

The Supreme Court in the Province of Corrientes, Argentina 
delcared on January 20 the election of opposition candidate Raul 
Romero as governor to be null. President Carlos Menem said the 
election of Romero was an absurdity. The Court also delcared the 
26-member Electoral College to be null. Corriente's legislature, 
in which the opposition has the majority, refused to approve the 
designation of five new members of the Supreme Court, saying they
were chosen among members of President Carlos Menem's party. 
Claudia Bello, an auditor named by Menem, who reorganised the 
Surpeme Court five months ago, said in a radio broadcast that she
was instructed by Menem to remain as auditor "until the 
institutional crisis of the province is resolved."

Menem intervened in Corrientes 11 months ago when the 
Electoral College said the 1992 elections had not resulted in the
elecition of a governor because there was a virtual tie between 
Romero and Menem's candidate, Alberto Di Filippo. In the new 
elections in December, 1992, Romero won some 17,000 votes more 
than Di Filippo, but lost one member of the Electoral College, 
since his rival won in the largest of the three districts of the 
province.

Menem had said Di Dilippo is the "virtual new governor of 
Corrientes," but then was silent when his candidate did not win 
enough support from the Electoral College. (edlp 01/21/93 from 
AP)


Argentina Gets New Agriculture Secretary

Felipe Sola has been named the new Secretary of Agriculture,
Cattle Ranching and Fishing, according to the government news 
agency TELAM. Sola, 42 yers old, replaces Marcelo Regunaga, who 
has been named to Argentina's trade representative to  
Washington. (edlp 01/21/93 from AP) 


Argentine President Lifts Ban on Critical TV Show

Argentine President Carlos Menem announced on January 21 the
reinstitution of a journalistic program, La Tapa, removed from 
state television, channel ATC, for being "too critical" of the 
government. The Secretary General of the Presidency, Eduardo 
Bauza, said television executives had acted without consultation 
when they surpressed the show. Previously producer Alfredo 
Scoccimarro said on local radio programs that ATC authorities had
cited "political reasons" for the suspension of the program. Aldo
Corsaletti, program director of ATC, had said of those 
responsible for the program, that they "have too many 
journalists, too many media outlets, and it is not a program 
controllable by the government," according to Scoccimarro and 
Carlos Kikuchi, another producer for La Tapa. However, Corsaletti
said to Associated Press reporters that "the reason for the 
removal of the program is exclusively professional. We did not 
believe in the artistic development of the program. It did not 
fulfill the idea of what we thought it should be."

The program had been broadcast for three weeks. The last two
broadcasts dealt with the accusations of corruption against the 
municipality of Buenos Aires and included an interview with 
former Lt. Col. Aldo Rico, head of a nationalist political 
movement which criticized President Menem. Eugenio Paillet, one 
of the participating journalists, said the program "was in no way
an opposition program, nor pro-governemnt. Even Menem himself 
said after the first broadcast that is seemed good."

But Paillet said he had information that Menem had 
complained later to Gerardo Sofovich, former director at ATC, and
a personal friend of the president, about the content of La Tapa.
Despite having resigned in December, Sofovich will continue 
supervising the state television channel. (edlp 01/22/93 from AP)


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