The Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon, warned the opposition Popular Party to criticize Spain's role in the political evolution in Cuba also means challenging the diplomatic task being carried out the Catholic Church on the island.
Leon made this comment during an election debate held in Parliament Gustavo de Arístegui, the spokesman for Foreign main opposition party, the conservative Popular Party (PP).
De Arístegui accused the Spanish government of having helped "succession Castro, not the transition" after Raul Castro has assumed that the head of state in place of his brother Fidel.
"In Cuba, do we who advocate the transition within the regime", I was asked Leon, who warned the spokesman for the PP that, in this case, the Catholic Church also would maintain a common position.
In this context, he said that the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the first high foreign representative to meet with Raul Castro in Havana last Monday, "maintains exactly the same position that Spain.
"And besides, it has had less contact with dissidents of which I myself," added Leon recalling his meetings with opponents when he was in Havana in September 2006.
De Arístegui blamed the Executive socialist Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of having "insulted, neglected and marginalized" to dissent.
The leader of the PP was equally critical in the case of the Spanish Government's relations with the executive branch of Venezuela and accused Zapatero of being an accomplice to "expansionism" of Hugo Chavez.
To which Leon replied that Spain is the only country that maintains dialogue with the Venezuelan government and opposition.
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