LAWMAKER QUITS AFTER LEWD ACT IN VIRTUAL SESSION

An Argentine lawmaker has resigned after being caught on a live camera caressing his partner before appearing to partially pull down her top and kiss her breast during a virtual session of the country's lower house of Congress on Thursday. The lower house of deputies said in a statement on Twitter that it had voted to accept the resignation of Juan Ameri, a representative from the northern province of Salta in the ruling coalition. During a special meeting of the country's deputies, with a few lawmakers in physical attendance but most others appearing via large screens in the chamber, politician Ameri appeared on a screen sitting with his partner, before performing the lewd act. It went viral and sparked outrage in Argentina. Lawmakers then voted to suspend Ameri.