Censure motion puts Allende in trouble

Workers Press no. 657, 8 January 1972 · scan page 6

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PRESIDENT Salvador Allende's government in Chile has run into serious trouble with parliament following the passage of an oppo. sition censure motion on Interior Minister José Toha.

Thousands of Allende supporters ringed the parliament building as the lower house voted Toha's suspension by 80 votes to 59.

roam the streets and tolerated arbitrary arrests and the violation of constitutional rights.

Earlier there had been an exchange of shots between opponents of Allende and the police in towns where by-elections are pending.

If the Senate approves the suspension Toha will have to resign. The Christian Demo crats, who have supported Allende in the past, are now turning against him under middle-class and right-wing pressure.

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