Argentina's Peronist government was shaken on Wednesday after interior minister Eduardo de Pedro offered his resignation along with several other hard-left officials, signalling a rift within the ruling coalition after a bruising primary election loss.
The government of center-left President Alberto Fernandez was badly beaten on Sunday in an open primary election, seen as a reliable indicator ahead of a midterm congressional vote in November where the ruling party could lose its grip on Congress.
De Pedro, a key ally of powerful Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and part the more radical wing of the ruling Front for All party, said in a letter he was offering to step down to help the government move forward toward the midterm ballot in November and regain voter support. All three ministers are aligned with the more militant wing of the ruling coalition and are allies of Fernández de Kirchner, a divisive but hugely powerful figure who was a two-term president from 2007-2015 and commands a major support base.
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