Morocco has denied on Wednesday being behind the vote-buying plot that has altered the electoral campaign in Melilla. "We know the current context.
But the Moroccan Government cannot pronounce itself because neighbouring Spain, with which we have close neighbourly ties, enjoys total sovereignty," government spokesman Mustafa Baitas said. Some parties, such as Vox or Citizens, have pointed to the Alaouite kingdom as ultimately responsible for the plot of buying votes by mail in the autonomous city.