Spanish government sent formal complaint to Mexico for vetoing the king in Sheinbaum’s investiture

Sheinbaum justified the exclusion of Felipe VI from her investiture due to the lack of response to a letter sent in 2019.

The Spanish government has formally protested to Mexico over the veto of Felipe VI at the inauguration of the new Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum , on October 1, a snub that has strained relations between the two countries.

According to information provided by El País and confirmed by EFE, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Mexican ambassador on Tuesday to deliver a “verbal note” (the normal written channel of communication between embassies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), in which it expressed its complaint about the king not having been invited to the ceremony.

At the same time, the Spanish ambassador in the Mexican capital went to the Foreign Ministry to personally deliver this protest.

The Executive, which decided not to participate in the ceremony of transfer of power, has expressed with these “verbal notes” its formal complaint about an unprecedented event in the relationship that Spain and the Crown have had with the countries of Latin America and in the representation of the monarch at the inaugurations of the leaders.

There will therefore be no member of the Government at Sheinbaum’s inauguration, although there will be representation from Sumar, her partner in the Executive, which has not pleased the Spanish socialists.

Sheinbaum justified the exclusion of Felipe VI from his investiture by the lack of response to a letter, sent in 2019, in which his predecessor in the Mexican Presidency and political mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, asked the monarch to apologize for the “abuse” of the conquest.