Spain Invokes State Secrets Law in Polisario Leader Entry Case

The document signed by the Office of the State Attorney General recalls, according to La Razon, the "Law on Official Secrets of the State, adopted in 2010, under the second term of José Luís Rodriguez Zapatero. This law applies to all "acts, documents, information, data and others".

In other words, everything related to the "planning, preparation or execution" of the entry of the Polisario leader falls within the framework of "diplomatic actions" and is therefore classified as a state secret. The government of Pedro Sanchez argues that "certain files cannot be disclosed", at the risk of undermining "Spain’s foreign policy" and compromising "the fundamental interests of the nation".

Adopted on October 15, 2010, this law protects all matters relating to "the protection of human rights, particularly particularly sensitive humanitarian cases", as was the case with Brahim Ghali, who entered Spain for health reasons.

The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, indicted in the context of this case for "prevarication", "concealment" and "document falsification" had put forward the same arguments before Judge Rafael Lasala.