The Angolan government hired a law firm to support the judicial process of the widow of José Eduardo dos Santos in the lawsuit of bodyguard of the former president of Angolawho died on Friday in Barcelona.
José Eduardo dos Santos, absolute lord of Angola for almost 40 years, dies
The law firm is defend the interests of Ana Paula dos Santos and her children and represent the Government of Angola in matters related to the diplomatic and institutional protection of José Eduardo dos Santosthat he did not have Spanish nationality and was not a resident in Spain, a source close to the process told Lusa.
It was a transitory condition for the purposes of medical assistance and, therefore, the executive is now dealing with institutional and diplomatic issues,” the same source told Lusa.
This is the latest episode in the dispute between the Angolan government and some of the sons of José Eduardo dos Santos, over the delivery and transfer of the remains of the former President to Luanda, which is opposed by part of the family.
Who is who in the war for the remains of José Eduardo dos Santos
As a source close to the process told Lusa, the possibility of a new meeting between the Angolan delegations and the familysince the children would have 48 hours to respond to the executive’s proposals, presented on Saturday at a family meeting in which the children Tchizé dos Santos and José Filomeno dos Santos did not participate “Zenu”.
To the Observer, a government source clarifies that no meeting is planned until the final result of the autopsy is known. According to the Lusa agency, which cites a source linked to the process initiated by Tchizé, this should be known within two or three days.
The executive hired a law firm that is now in charge of the process. There was a meeting on Saturday, there was not and there will be no more, the Angolan government has already presented its views, more than 72 hours have passed and there has been no response”, said the same source.
It is now up to the courts to decide on the delivery and eventual transfer of the body of José Eduardo dos Santosthat he has eight children, by five women, and that he is being disputed within the family.
On the one hand, it is Tchizé dos Santos and his older brothers, who refuse to hold funerals in Angolawhere they had not been for several years, since his father’s successor, João Lourenço, took office in 2017, starting a fight against corruption that affected his eldest daughter, Isabel dos Santos, and son “Zenu”.
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On the other hand, she is the widow and mother of three children of José Eduardo dos Santos.Ana Paula dos Santos, who had been separated from her husband for a few years, reappearing at her side in recent months, and who was the interlocutor of the Angolan Government when he was hospitalized in the Barcelona clinic, where he ended up dying on Friday
The Angolan government has declared that it intends to hold a state funeral in Luanda, but the decision is vehemently opposition of the daughter Tchizé dos Santosdeclaring that that was not the will of the fatheris that José Eduardo dos Santos did not want to be buried in Angola while João Lourenço is in power.
Body of José Eduardo dos Santos. João Lourenço will request the intervention of the Spanish government
Source: Observadora
