2024-09-25 20:32:44
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, described this Wednesday as “unacceptable” and “inexplicable” the decision of the Government of Mexico to veto King Felipe VI in the investigation of Claudia Sheinbaum, and attributed this argument to “political expediency.”
Sánchez, appearing before the media at the Permanent Representative of Spain to the UN, insisted that Spain could not accept this discrimination and decided not to send any ambassador to Sheinbaum’s inauguration on October 1.
The fight he attributed to “some political interests” and that, he admitted, caused disappointment for what it meant for the relations between the two brotherly countries controlled by progressive forces.
Mexico’s electoral director, Claudia Sheinbaum, today justified her exclusion of the king of Spain from the invitations because the king did not respond to the letter sent by the outgoing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in 2019 urging him to apologize for the letter victory.
Sheinbaum said he received a call from Sánchez two days ago about which he, in his appearance before the press, did not want to talk.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, José Manuel Albares, has asked to appear in Congress to explain the Government’s decision.
For the Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, “The Head of State, the king, always attends inaugurations and we cannot accept that in this case he is removed and if he is the head of state, Spain will not be.” represented”.
The socialists closed ranks with the Executive, while the left was divided and the right opted for silence today.
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Representatives from several Spanish left-wing parties distanced themselves from the Government and announced that they would attend the inauguration of the first woman to be elected President of Mexico.
The delegates who will travel to Mexico are made up of Sumar, a partner of the Social Government, EH Bildu, Basque nationalists, and Podemos, a former partner of the Executive.
From Sumar, Gerardo Pisarello, one of the representatives who will travel to Mexicoconcluded that when López Obrador urged the king to apologize for the victory, Felipe VI “could have done it with respect, but he chose pride.”
“The identity of the colonial past is remembered and restored among the people. Attending the appointment of the first female president of Mexico is important,” said Sumar deputy Tesh Sidi in his X account.
More meaningful is the spokesman for the Esquerra Republicana (Catalan nationalist), Gabriel Rufian, who shouted “Long Mexico, deer!”, when asked about the new conflict between Spain and Mexico, starting the famous Mexican cry in the celebrations of their independence. .
From ovation to snub
After decades of harmony, the latest dispute between Mexico and Madrid worsens the ongoing deterioration of diplomatic relations that has marked the López Obrador legislature.
In 2018, López Obrador thanked the king for his presence in the capital of Mexico at the beginning of his mandate “for the ties that unite” the two countries and Congress praised Felipe VI after receiving the President’s message.
But four months later, The Mexican president then demanded in a letter that Spain apologize and accept its “historical responsibility” for the massacres. done during the conquest five hundred years ago.
The Spanish government, previously chaired by Pedro Sánchez, deeply regrets that the letter has been made public in the media and “integrity” rejects its content.
Precisely the lack of response to that letter is the argument that Claudia Sheinbaum has used to reject the king in this episode.
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