This Polisario Front started this friday 16th Congress inside refugee camps related to tindouf. is he first big meeting between independence organization Since the ceasefire broke down in Western Sahara and declared war on Morocco. According to official sources, more than 2,000 delegates attend the congress, whose slogan is ‘For the intensification of armed struggle to overthrow the occupation and complete the sovereignty’.
“Congress at a decisive stage in our struggle for liberation, United Nations The Spanish Delegate of the Polisario Front, Abdulah Arabi, is in the implementation of the Settlement Plan. According to the statements before the meeting, he also emphasized the importance of the meeting as it came “after Morocco violated the ceasefire, which forced the people of the Sahara to resume armed struggle”.
‘ECSaharaui’ newspaper draws attention to the fact that the congress started with “great expectations”! and argues that it will be “history”. transcendental for new decisions to be taken for the future of the Saharan people, and extraordinary Because of the circumstances that the national case went through.”
In addition to drawing the corporate roadmap for the future, one of the main doubts is the continuity of the organization. general secretary, Brahim Gali, which will be discussed in the coming days. According to the news of the Efe agency, a part of the organization’s management has been in disagreement about its management in recent years and is at the table. Bashir Mustafa I objected to the position, although it has not been formalized for the time being.
“Disappointment” with the UN
The meeting of Saharawi independence supporters came two years after they declared war on the Sahara. MoroccoHe accused the Moroccan Army of interfering in the war. passage of the gueregat Evacuating a group of Saharan protesters who have been blocking the road connecting Western Sahara and Mauritania for three weeks. Since then official institutions Polisario They ensured that they were constantly attacking the Moroccan wall dividing these lands. A climb that Morocco does not approve of.
In recent months, Polisario has also shown “disappointment”. United Nations. After this body’s decision to extend the Minurso mission in this region for another year, Polisario representative Sidi Omar gave the following assurance: “The Security Council has failed once again”. He regretted “once again that he had not provided Minurso with practical measures to ensure the full implementation of his mission”. self-determination referendum.
Support to Morocco
On the other side of the board, Morocco In recent years, he has intensified diplomatic movements to gain support for his proposal to grant the government autonomy. Western sahra and eliminate the possibility of a referendum. As a show of support for Morocco, many countries opened consulates in Western Sahara. donald trump He recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over this region before leaving the White House in December 2020.
This autonomy proposal related to Rabat Also in March of last year Pedro Sánchez VI. In a letter to Mohamed “a more serious, realistic and credible basis for resolving differences”. A few words that serve to calm the waters in between Spain Y Morocco and consider the diplomatic crisis they closed.