El Salvador Govt. collapse
iIZPA-Reuter San Salvador! El Salvador’s 80-day-oldJ ivilian-military Government ! follapsed yesterday after the hass ■resignation of. civilian feaders.-' effectively . catapulttig the military to power. Usually well, informed prejdential palace sources said hat,two civilian members of he rilling junta of five, and ■ I pl but one of the Cabinet ' Ministers quit in protest ! gainst military interference , ti labour disputes and an ! ileged swing to the Right in government policies. 1 I The only Ministers to re- ; i fiain in their posts were the lintai members, Mr Mario tndino, a businessman, and 1 jolonels Adolvo Arnoldo <
iMajano and Jaim? Abdul [Gutierrez, and 'the Defence I Minister. Colonel Jose Guillermo Garcia. ■ ,■, ■ ■:•- ’ The situation in the capital was reported to be.- tense after the mass resignations, but no unusual troop movements were noted. The political■ crisis is the worst' faced by El Salvador since the junta deposed the Rightist President Carlos Humberto Romero in a coup on October 15. People awaited a response from the diverse political action fronts and -Left-wing guerrilla groups operating in the small, heavily populated country.
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