The World - News from Oct. 21, 1988

Chile’s Cabinet ministers formally handed in their resignations to President Augusto Pinochet to allow him to reorganize his government after his defeat earlier this month in a plebiscite on military rule, officials said. Government spokesman Orlando Poblete announced the resignations of the 16 ministers along with their deputy ministers. A government source said Pinochet will reshuffle his ministers under a new Cabinet leader capable of negotiating with the opposition. The 72-year-old general, who seized power in a 1973 coup, lost the Oct. 5 presidential plebiscite, 55% to 43%.