Trujillo insists that the Moroccan claim on Ceuta and Melilla "is fully justified"

He affirms that "freedom of expression and information is more protected in Morocco than in Spain"

MADRID, 16 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The former Socialist Housing Minister María Antonia Trujillo considers that the Moroccan claim on Ceuta and Melilla "is fully justified, is inscribed in its national ideology and is inalienable."

Trujillo insists that "the cases of Ceuta and Melilla -and the rocks and islets- represent an affront to the territorial integrity of Morocco" and describes them as "vestiges of the past" that interfere with good relations between Spain and Morocco.

In this way, the former minister in the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero reiterates in an interview published this weekend in the Moroccan digital medium Rue20 her position regarding the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla after her statements in September.

"In Spain there is no freedom of expression when you separate yourself from the sole official thought", he affirms before the criticism received for his opinion on the autonomous cities.

"Freedom of expression and information is more protected in Morocco than in Spain. I would like Spain to take an example from this country and not be misinformed and manipulated so much," says the former minister.

Trujillo, a resident of Morocco, indicates that there has been "great discomfort" on the left after the announcement by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, about the recognition of the Moroccan Sahara but, in his opinion, "it is not a mistake but the great success in the international relations of our country, adopting a political decision that respects international legality".

In this sense, it is asked that "if Spain has changed its traditional position on the Sahara, why can't Spain change its position on Ceuta and Melilla and the islets and rocks?"

The former minister, who was dismissed a few months ago as Education Counselor at the Spanish Embassy in Rabat after internal criticism of her management, defends that "beyond their differences, Morocco and Spain share more than what separates them", and describes Morocco as "the Arab country with the most advanced political and social regime".