“Clear expression of hostile diplomacy”: this is how the Government of Equatorial Guinea describes the request of the Spanish Popular Party to condemn the regime in power since 1979 and support the opposition in the country.
The government of Equatorial Guinea repudiated a request from the Popular Party (PP) of Spain that Demands that the Spanish leadership support the democratic opposition of the African country and condemn the Obiang regimein power since 1979.
“Is a clear expression of hostile diplomacy that the Spanish Popular Party has been developing in relation to Equatorial Guinea, inside or outside the Government of Spain, and a stimulus for the continuity and reinforcement of interference in the internal affairs of our country by the bodies of the Spanish State,” he stated. This Sunday, in a statement, the Diplomatic Information and Communication Office of Equatorial Guinea.
“The existence of the opposition does not require any external action to seek visibility, as the Spanish Popular Party suggests,” he added.
The cabinet also accused the PP of trying to support “fugitives from justice” Equatorial Guineans convicted of direct participation in serious crimes of rebellion, terrorism or its financing, with the aim of destabilizing Equatorial Guinea by unconstitutional means.
Furthermore, the statement guarantees that the failed coup d’état of 2004 “was organized in Spain with the support and financing, among others, of the Spanish Government chaired at that time by José María Aznar, at the same time president of the Popular Party.”
Equatorial Guinea is considered by human rights organizations One of the most corrupt and repressive countries in the world.according to the EFE news agency.
Teodoro Obiang, 81, has ruled the country with an iron fist since 1979, when he overthrew his uncle Francisco Macías in a coup, becoming the longest-serving president in the world.
The National Court of Spain, a court with jurisdiction throughout Spain, supports the continuation of the pending proceedings in the investigation of a son of the president of Equatorial Guinea and two members of the Government for the alleged kidnapping and torture of four opponents in November 2019.
Source: Observadora
