José María Aznar, the previous Partido Popular Prime Minister and Honorary President of the party, has described Gaddafi as a ‘friend of the west’, and has criticised the on-going military action against him, action which is supported by Spain’s contribution of four F-18 bombers and a mid-air refuelling tanker. Aznar said Gaddafi was a very strange and extravagant man, but he is was not stupid.
Speaking to the University of Columbia in the United States, Aznar said the attack on Libya will lead of other countries in the Middle East developing nuclear weapons. He said the foreign policy of the United States was to support the rebels, without knowing even who they are.
Aznar said Spain was in a very very complicated situation to pay the debt, noting that the increase in interest rates from the European Central Bank would make the recovery even harder.
He also supported the prohibition of the full face veil and burka, as has been established in France.
The Socialist Party has commented on Aznar’s speech saying he doesn’t mind being ridiculed internationally, as that is how he damages the Government.
‘There is not a single(other) example of a democratic ex Prime Minister who takes on the job of wearing away the image of his country’, said Elena Valenciano, the International Relations Secretary of the PSOE.
Later on Saturday José Blanco, the Development Minister, called on PP leader Mariano Rajoy to rectify Aznar’s ‘support’ for Gadaffi, saying not doing so would make him an accomplice. Blanco said the PP ex Prime Minister was not on the side of those fighting for democracy, was the only European leader not to support what the Spanish Government was doing in Libya, and said PP Patriotism consisted in sending out the Number One Anti-Spanish ambassador.
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