The call continues to generate reactions. Donald Trump’s anger was responded to by a wave of international solidarity with Spain… but reproaches are also multiplying. One of them has arrived from the Polisario Front, which demands “coherence” from Sánchez in what he claims about Iran with what it defends for the Sahara.
The delegate of the Polisario Front in Spain, Abdullah Arabihas defended that this same international law for allow the Sahrawis to decide their future in a referendum. He pointed this out this Thursday at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, from where he wanted recognize the efforts of the Spanish Executive so that the law is respected in the US-Israeli offensive against the Tehran regime
“That is the same thing we ask for Western Sahara. We, as the Sahrawi people, as the Polisario Front, have been defending international law for 50 years and I believe that, today, international law is at serious risk“said Arabi, in reference to Morocco’s expansionism.
For the Polisario delegate, this applies to “countries that defend international law”, among which Spain is positioned as an outpost. “They also have to be consistent in that defense of international law regarding Western Sahara refers,” he points out in statements collected by EFE.
That right, Arabi points out, would happen because “let the Sahrawi people choose between independence and other options, which may be not only autonomy, but also integration in Morocco or any other that is considered valid to complete this decolonization process.
Morocco’s plan (and the US and Spain…) under debate
Regarding the present and future horizon of the Sahara, the Polisario delegate in Spain has admitted that they are holding multilateral meetings sponsored by the US Government. However, he has curbed their relevance, considering them to be appointments “for exploration, not for negotiation as such.”
Almost half a year ago, The United Nations gave its approval to Morocco’s plan for the autonomy of the Sahara, forgetting a possible self-determination. This position, defended by the regime of Mohamed VI The US and especially Spain also support it.after the .
Three and a half years later, and after a incessant media noise for the support obtained by Morocco for the Sahrawi territory.
In the plenary session of the Security Council, it was defended that autonomy under the sovereignty of Morocco would be “the most viable solution” to reach a “fair, lasting and mutually acceptable” agreement after half a century of territorial claims and confrontations.
In this regard, the Polisario adheres to the aforementioned international law. “Evidently, the US position as a government is clearly to support the autonomy proposal as the best solution, but International law grants the possibility of independence and this is where the meetings are taking place at the moment to try to bring the parties, Morocco and the Polisario Front, closer to an agreement. mutually acceptable solution“.
As EFE adds, the member of the Polisario Front has stressed that his organization aspires to total independence and He is not going to negotiate “anything” that does not respect his right to self-determination. Therefore, the solution to be adopted for the Sahara “has to be chosen solely and exclusively by the Sahrawi people.”
