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Argentina's Justice Minister Sebastián Amerio Resigns Live on Air

Argentina's Justice Minister Sebastián Amerio learned of his dismissal live on air and immediately stepped down. The government introduces new minister Juan Bautista Mahiques.


Argentina's Justice Minister Sebastián Amerio Resigns Live on Air

Buenos Aires, March 4 (NA) - Justice Secretary Sebastián Amerio found out live this Wednesday that he would no longer be serving as vice minister while presiding over the Administration and Finance Commission in the Council of the Magistrature. Upon being confirmed that he would be removed from his post, he abandoned his duties instantly. The situation was recorded in the video he started through the Zoom platform, in which other officials and commission members also participated, and it revealed that no government authority had informed Amerio about the decision. According to Argentine News Agency from official sources, Amerio later met with presidential advisor Santiago Caputo at his offices in the Casa Rosada. IP Enthusiasm for the new minister Meanwhile, the government is enthusiastic about Juan Bautista Mahiques, the designated Minister of Justice. 'He has a lot of power in the Judiciary, his own weight, a long career' and comes from a 'judicial family,' they highlighted in the Casa Rosada. They also state that he 'has more than enough ability' for the position and that he 'knows in depth' the world of the AFA, which is now at the center of the controversy over the case against the entity's head, Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia, and the repatriation of the gendarme Nahuel Gallo.

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