Opposition leader waits for "liberation" of political prisoners

Equatorial Guinea: The Leader of the Opposition Expects the "Release" of Political Prisoners

Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) – The Leader of Equatorial Guinea's Most Opposition Party, Gabriel Nse Obiang, On Thursday AFP he expected from here to "tomorrow or Saturday the release" of political prisoners announced the previous day by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

"We await the release of our political prisoners by tomorrow or Saturday," said Mr. Obiang, Head of Citizens for Innovation (CI), wishing that it "is not limited to itself, but benefits all opponents."

He said he granted " much value "to the decree of President Obiang announcing a" total amnesty "for all political prisoners and opponents for a national dialogue scheduled for mid-July.

Encouraging the President to continue" in this way "of the However, he wished that the amnist ie, be "true" and not "a trap". He therefore expects his party, dissolved in February, to be "automatically restored."

"In this case, we are ready to go to the national dialogue," he added.

M. Nse Obiang called on the opponents of the diaspora to "take planes" to return to Equatorial Guinea "for us all to dialogue" with the Malabo regime.

In a decree read Wednesday evening on television, President Obiang The 76-year-old, who has been running his country unreservedly since 1979, has granted "a full amnesty to all citizens sentenced by the courts … for political offenses in the exercise of their activity, whether or not serving their sentences". "

This amnesty extends to any person" deprived of liberty or prevented from exercising his political right in the country ". The presidential decree however does not mention a possible legalization of CI.

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