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With former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos seriously ill in a Barcelona hospital, one of his daughters has filed a case against his wife and personal physician for attempted murder, police and their lawyers said on Tuesday.
The 79-year-old was hospitalized and placed in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest on June 23, his family said, describing his condition as “critical”.
But on Monday, his daughter Tchize Dos Santos filed a complaint with the Catalan Regional Police, claiming her father’s condition was the result of attempted murder.
“Tchize dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos, who is hospitalized in an induced coma at the Teknon Clinic in Barcelona, has filed a complaint with the Mossos d’Esquadra to investigate an alleged crime of attempted murder.” The two law firms that advise them said.
According to the complaint, she believes her father’s current wife, Ana Paula, and his family doctor are to blame for the current deterioration in his health, one of her lawyers said.
The daughter, whose full name is Welwitschia dos Santos, said her father and his wife have been separated for some time, meaning she does not have the right to make decisions about his health, the lawyer said.
The 44-year-old also claimed the wife had failed to provide Spanish authorities with legal proof of their marriage.
Police contacted by AFP confirmed they had received a complaint about the former Angolan leader’s health and said they had opened an investigation without giving further details.
To protect her father, his daughter demanded that only his children be allowed to visit him and urged the Spanish authorities to guarantee his protection and that of his children, most of whom have moved abroad due to tensions with current President Joao Lourenco.
Dos Santos ruled the Portuguese-speaking, oil-rich state of Angola for 38 years until he resigned in September 2017.
Born in the slums of Luanda, he was one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, using his country’s oil wealth to make one of his children a billionaire while leaving his people among the world’s poorest.
When he resigned, dos Santos handed over to former Secretary of Defense Lourenco, whom he hand-picked to succeed him.
But Lourenco quickly turned on his one-time patron and launched an anti-corruption campaign to recover the billions he suspected had been embezzled under dos Santos.
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