27/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - Assassination of opposition politician condemned. On Thursday 26 November, the spokesperson for EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini condemned the assassination the previous day of opposition politician Luis Manuel Diaz, the regional secretary of the Accion Democratica party in Venezuela. This assassination “marks a further deterioration of an already tense situation in the run up to the parliamentary elections on 6 December”, the spokesperson said, urging that the assassination be swiftly investigated and those responsible brought to justice. Under opposition accusations, the government of Nicolas Maduro has talked of a settling of scores between rival armed groups. (MB)