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afrol News, 25 November - Joaquín Elema Borengue, a so far highly profiled politician within the exiled opposition of Equatorial Guinea, now is denounced by the same as "incorporating himself unconditionally to the PDGE," the ruling party of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. In a report sent to afrol News by 'La Diáspora', the organ of the exiled Equatoguinean opposition party UDI, the former hopeful opposition presidential candidate Elema is described as an outright spy for the Malabo government. Elema is brother in law of President Obiang and was formerly employed in the country's military police. According to "anonymous sources close to Equatoguinean President who contacted La Diáspora", Elema left his Spanish exile for Equatorial Guinea earlier this year, joining the PDGE party congress, where he was observed, and "making a pact with his supposed 'rival' Obiang." Elema, posing as oppositional, had contacted various exiled opposition groups and exiled Equatoguinean militaries, asking them to accept his leadership over these groups. He profiled himself as one of the opposition having the potential to win supposed democratic elections against President Obiang. Especially among the exiled militaries, Elema was met with suspicion, and some monitoring within the small and transparent Equatoguinean society soon proved his double life, the same sources add. According to these sources within Equatorial Guinea, Elema was "received consecutively by Obiang's security services," giving them information about the strategies and projects of the opposition in Spain, and especially about the information they had given to Gustavo Gallón, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights for Equatorial Guinea. The same sources also refer to a conversation between Elema and Obiang in Bata, the country's second town, where the supposed oppositional assured the President of his total cooperation. Elema reportedly humiliated himself in front of a larger audience, swearing he would "never more speak out against His Excellency". Let return to Spain to "oversee his businesses", Elema has not been willing to talk to his earlier opposition comrades, nor with the press. AFIRIKARA, organ of the UDI party, earlier reported how Elema has been involved in negotiations with Spanish companies on behalf of the Obiang regime. For the record, exiled opposition members returning to Equatorial Guinea have all been imprisoned so far. 'La Diáspora', which is based in Berlin, Germany, is one of the few non-governmental media reaching into Equatorial Guinea through the Internet after the Spanish exterior radio ceased its emissions to the country after pressure from the Malabo government. Samuel Mbá Mombé, UDI spokesman and editor of 'La Diáspora', told afrol News he could not be more concrete about his sources in Equatorial Guinea due to the "personal dangers" these might be put into. After the closure of the Spanish exterior radio, Mombé has noted a greater traffic on the web site of 'La Diáspora' and increased response from his home country, hungry for independent information. This includes the quoted sources, "absolutely reliable and very close to Obiang," Mr. Mombé assures. The Equatoguinean exiled opposition over the last year on several occasions has searched for unified action against the Malabo dictatorship. Several congresses have sought a united opposition and
Elema had been one of the main candidates for a unifying leadership. Sources: La Diáspora and afrol archives
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