Chile's leader Gabriel Boric on Saturday replaced his justice minister following a row over presidential pardons she had advanced.
Boric granted 13 pardons at the end of last year on the recommendation of minister Marcela Rios, who was tasked with finalizing the list.
They were mainly for people convicted of crimes committed during the social uprising against inequality and rising living costs that started in October 2019 under his predecessor Sebastian Pinera.
Pardons for those involved in the protests that left about 30 dead and 400 injured, had been a Boric campaign promise.
But his decision was brought into question when it turned out one of the beneficiaries had previous convictions for robbery and theft.
Opposition parties said they would seek to bring charges against the minister who advised the president.
"Because there were shortcomings in the execution of my decision to grant pardons... I have decided to accept the resignation of Marcela Rios Tobar," Boric announced on Saturday.
"When such situations occur in politics, we must assume responsibility."
He named lawyer Luis Cordero Vega in her place.
Rios's replacement is the third ministerial change in Boric's nine-month-old administration, during which he has also seen a referendum reject a proposed new Constitution -- another of his campaign promises.
This is not the first time presidential pardons have caused a public outcry in Chile: Pinera was widely criticized for clearing the records of people convicted of crimes against humanity under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.