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Reuters (with additional material by AP). 30 December 2001. Senator in Line for Argentine Presidency Quits. BUENOS AIRES -- Argentine Senate Chief Ramos Puerta, next in line for the presidency after Adolfo Rodriguez Saa resigned, quit early on Monday, his spokesman said. "The provisional president of the Senate, Ramon Puerta ... sent his resignation by fax," the spokesman said. Local media reports said Puerta, who held the presidency for two days a week ago after Fernando de la Rua quit as president amid looting and riots, was suffering from ill health. Following Puerta's resignation, the provisional presidency should fall to Peronist Eduardo Camano, head of the lower house of deputies. He would hold the post for two days before Congress appoints an interim leader, who would have 90 days to call new elections. Outside the presidential country house in Chapadmalal, more than a hundred demonstrators banged pots and shouted insults on Sunday -- a smaller version of the protests that rocked the government Friday night and Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews
