Word: balbin
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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...underline his intentions, Peron last week made a direct attack on Radical Leader Ricardo Balbin. Balbin, who had made a speech in which he called Peron a dictator, was accused of having violated the Desacato law. Peron sent word to Congress that he should be deprived of his parliamentary immunity so that he could be tried by a federal judge...
...took copies of Peron's new constitution, tore them to bits and threw them in the air. Another smashed a cup and saucer, skimmed the pieces at Chamber President Hector Cam-pora. Still others threw books, pens and pencils at their Peronista colleagues, meanwhile shouting oaths and obscenities. Balbin meanwhile had made a farewell speech and announced that he would present himself before a judge for trial...