An autopsy will be performed by the Barcelona guard court on Eduardo dos Santos (ex-president of Angola), who died Friday at the Teknon hospital. Tchize dos Santis, representing his daughter, stated that there are “a lot of signs that the death was favoritized” by her ex-wife and her personal doctor, as well as people close to the Government Angolan.
The former president’s daughter denounced an alleged homicide attempt at the Mossos d’Esquadra and asked for a restraining order not to give her father’s body to anyone until the autopsy had been completed. She expressed “fear” that he would go to Angola. She explained that Dos Santos wanted his body to be buried in Spain, and refused to have a state funeral in Angola. His family has been subjected to “strong political persecution” by President Lourenco and the new government. She also criticized the fact that Tete Antonio, an Angolan minister, had traveled to Barcelona to transfer Dos Santos’ body to Angola following his death, despite the wishes and consent of his children.
According to the firm, Dos Santos had separated from his ex-wife in 2017 after he quit the Presidency. He later moved to Barcelona with his wife. However, he said that he and his ex-wife had never been together for many years. She has been known to make public appearances in recent years as Lourenco’s first lady. The woman visited Dos Santos last April and settled at her home. She has continued to work with the legal team and “isolated” the former president from her children. She also restricted her access to muscular and respiratory therapy treatment and cancelled visits with her Spanish medical team.
Lawyers pointed out that Dos Santos had arrived in Barcelona to settle in Dos Santos’s house. His health was rapidly deteriorating and he began to experience physical problems. He ended up being admitted at the Teknon Clinic’s intensive care unit. They believe that her relationship to the South African president is “uncontroversial”. According to them, Lourenco’s ex-wife is present in Angolan political circles to limit the political and media damage Dos Santos could have caused to Lourenco during the electoral period.
