MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Malvinas dispute helps ‘to distract UK public opinion’ from serious domestic problems

Argentine Vice-president Boudou points to UK unemployment and Scotland’s referendum

The UK is taking advantage of the diplomatic conflict escalade with Argentina over the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute to distract public opinion from serious domestic problems such as unemployment, said Argentine Vice-president Amado Boudou.

“London is after issues of big media impact to hide the daily sufferings of Britain with its problems of unemployment, shrinking economy, social unrest by appealing to a very distant situation such is the South Atlantic Islands dispute”, said Boudou.

He added that the all “the bullying we are seeing is geared to distract UK public opinion. Really what we are experiencing is a serious lack of leadership in Europe”.

“They have domestic questions that must be solved such as unemployment and Scotland’s independence referendum and the oil in the North Sea. They must have minds concentrated in other issues to compensate for the floundering support of government and keep strengthening the colonialist spirit”, underlined the Vice-President.

Boudou then when on to say that colonialism “is a shame that humanity has been carrying since the 17th century, and the Malvinas Islands are one of its last symbols.” Furthermore, “Great Britain has always been the face of imperialism and colonialism around the world”.

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Taiana also joined the controversy saying that Prince William’s deployment to the Malvinas is a “provocation.” Likewise Taiana assured that the Argentine Government will continue to push with the sovereignty claim until “the United Kingdom sits down to negotiate” over the Malvinas Islands.

“Argentina has to maintain what it has been bringing forward since 2003 with certainty, which is putting forward their claim across to all forums and pushing for the request made by the United Nations (for talks over sovereignty) to be finally carried out,” sustained the former government member.

Furthermore, Taiana stated that if the request for talks is put through “finally the United Kingdom will hear the international claim and find itself in a political position which will force them to negotiate”.