The deputy director of police operations in Spain assured, during his appearance before the judge in charge of the Ghali case, that the Ministry of the Interior was not informed of the arrival of the Polisario Front leader in Spain.
The judge in charge of the Ghali case, Rafael Lasala, has authorized the number two of the police to testify on February 7 by videoconference.
The Spanish police, on the orders of the judge in charge of the Ghali case, questioned the employee who verified the identity of the Polisario Front leader before his admission to the Logroño hospital. She confirmed that Brahim Ghali had presented himself under a false identity and that his companion had not identified himself.
The judge in charge of the Ghali case is continuing his investigation into the entry of the Polisario leader into Spain under a false identity. He has just summoned the number two of the police to find out precisely when the Interior Ministry became aware of Brahim Ghali’s arrival in Spain.
King Felipe VI has publicly spoken, for the first time, about the serious diplomatic crisis that has been open with Morocco for nearly a year. He is calling for appeasement.
After Algeria, it is the Polisario, its protégé, that refuses to participate in the round tables of the negotiations on the Sahara that Switzerland agrees to host.
The Spanish government is once again trying to bury the case of Brahim Ghali’s illegal entry into Spain. It has decided to opt for the "state secret" strategy through a letter sent to Judge Rafael Lasala, in charge of the case.
The Spanish National Court has once again dismissed the genocide complaint filed against Brahim Ghali. The case had been reopened for "procedural defects".
The leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali , refused to give details about his entry and stay in a hospital in Spain, asking the media to stick to the explanations provided by the Spanish government. This was during the press conference he held on Saturday, the first since his return to Tindouf.
The passport presented by Brahim Ghali upon his admission to the San Pedro de Logroño hospital on April 18 last, bears the name of Mohamed Benbatouche, "retired ambassador", and was issued the same day by the Algerian authorities. However, the Polisario Front leader holds an identity card and a Foreigner’s Identification Number (NIE) regularly issued by Spain.
The president of the investigating court in Zaragoza, in charge of the investigation into the Bhaim Ghali case, declared a dismissal concerning the involvement of the former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, in the entry into Spain of the Polisario Front leader.
RTVE has issued a denial following rumors insinuating that it had banned its journalists from covering a demonstration organized on Saturday by the Polisario Front. According to the channel, its statutes do not allow it to "accept trips organized and paid for by interested sources".