He said that he decided to keep on only those municipal workers who he thought were doing genuine work.
"[Many] work only one day and get paid for the whole month," he said of those whose contracts he refused to honour.
"This
town works well with the 650 workers it already has and many of those
hired by the previous administration have never worked for the town
before," he said, accusing his predecessor of handing out jobs to his
political allies.
Even before Mr Sanchez took office, unidentified assailants exploded a stun grenade outside his home in Concepcion.
Tension
has been running high in Tucuman since August when the province saw a
number of mass protests after demonstrators alleged there had been
irregularities during the election for governor.