Temer - To Fearbv

Question

Por su parte, el hijo de una de las víctimas de ETA, un político del Partido Popular (PP) asesinado en 2001, dijo temer por el significado concreto del anuncio.

What does temer mean here ? In the dictionary it is fear, but that does not make sense here.

For his part the son of one of ETA's victimes , a politician of the Popular Party, assinated in 2001, said (he) feared for the concrete signs of the announcement.

Sounds like it means hoped ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

It sounds like he fears for the implications of the announcement, but it depends on what the rest of the context is. E T A has said that they are going to stop their violence, and it has been causing a lot of press and discussion in Spain. Many people still want to bring the E T A members to justice and don't want these announcements to put an end to the investigations.