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University Daily Kansan Thursday. March 29. 1983
Riots Break Out After President Frondizi Ousted
BUENOS AIRES — (UPI) — The armed forces ousted and arrested President Arturo Frondizi today and violent demonstrations broke out in downtown Buenos Aires.
Frondizi, deposed in a bloodless coup, was flown to exile on lonely Martin Garcia Island.
HOURS LATER, an estimated 1,000 demonstrators formed in groups in Mayo Square in front of the presidential palace, clamoring for Frondizi.
Federal police fired a dozen tear gas shells into the crowds. Two truckloads of riot police charged them with drawn batons.
Demonstrators scattered and ran but reformed on the nearby Avenida De Mayo. Police freely used tear gas and their clubs to keep them moving.
THE FRONDIZI ouster left Argentina temporarily without a president. The armed forces did not appear immediately able to convince any of Frondizi's constitutional successors to take the post.
The commanders of the army, navy and air force convened in urgent session shortly after 8 a.m., EST, to consider the situation. It was believed they would form an interim juntatype government to run the country if constitutional processes could not be carried out.
HOWEVER, FRONDIZI, who boarded an air force C-47 at Buenos Aires' downtown Aeroparque Airport appeared to be traveling voluntarily.
He rode to the airport alone in a chauffeur limousine at the head of a motorcade carrying members of his government and, apparently, a military escort. However, no police guards or secret service cars were in evidence.
At the airport, Frondizi walked alone to the waiting plane. Some persons joined him in the plane after he boarded, but their identity was not immediately established.
FRONDIZIZ DESTINATION,
Martin Garcia Island, lies in the Plate
Estuary near the Uruguayan shoreline.
Previous presidents in much
the same political situation also have
been confined there, including Perou
A war ministry spokesman said the armed forces had asked secrecy the president pro tem Jose M. Guide constitutionally next in line for the presidency, to take the post but he had refused.
It was expected the military chiefs would seek out the reaction of the men next in line — Congress Speaker Federico Fernandez De Monjardin and Supreme Court Chief Justice Benjamin Villegas Basavilabo—before forming a military junta government.
FRIENDS OF VILLEGAS said they doubted the 78-year-old justice would take the post. He has been previously represented as feeling that there should be an immediate call for general elections for a successor to Frondizi.
If the armed forces form a junta possibilities for members include:
Furor Continues In YD Election
(Continued from page 1) view that last night's meeting, election and suspensions were unconstitutional.
Karen Stewart, Hutchinson senior and YD secretary last year, is another of the suspended members. She said this morning, "According to our constitution, it provides for no election in this case. I'm quite sure that the whole matter will be settled at the state convention."
Gary Conklin, Hutchinson law student and elections committee chairman, was also suspended. He could not be reached for comment
The officers elected in last night's meeting are: Peter Aylward, Ellsworth junior, president; Jo Snyder, Bethesda, Md., sophomore, vice president; Gloria Mays, Lyons junior, secretary; Bruce Knight, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, treasurer; and John Potucek, Wellington sophomore, collegiate council representative.
Admiral Teodoro Hartung, present Argentine Ambassador to London; Gen. Pio Martijena, director of military factories; Brig.-Gen. Jorge Rojas Silveyra, former air secretary, and Admiral Isaac Rojas, vice president in the military junta that succeeded Peron's ousted administration in 1955.
Frondizi's early morning ouster was carried out with military precision. The armed forces personnel were the first to be notified. All garrisons were advised by Army Commander Lt.-Gen. Raul Poggi that "the president of the nation has been deposed." The message added: "This situation is definite."
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