Estrella taken to task
Rafael Estrella the PSOE spokesman at the parliamentary commission for foreign affairs in the Spanish Cortes was taken to task by his PP (Partido Popular) counterpart Gustavo de Aristegui and forced to withdraw offensive remarks he had made about former president Jose Maria Aznar.
In the course of a debate, Sr Estrella launched an attack on Sr Aznar for the latter’s recent comments on the break-up of Spain and the ‘Balkanisation’ of the country. Sr Estrella then suggested the existence of comparisons between former Yugoslav dictator Milosevic who faces genocide charges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Sr Aznar.
This prompted a strong reaction from the PP spokesman who condemned Sr Estrella for the offensive remarks against Sr Aznar a democratically elected ex-president of Spain and leader of a democratic party such as the PP.
Sr Estrella withdrew the remarks and was thanked for doing so by Foreign Secretary Miguel Angel Moratinos who was chairing the session. Sr Moratinos declared that the honourable status of Sr Aznar and all other former presidents should not be called into question.
From The Gibraltar Chronicle - The Independent Daily First Published 1801
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