EH Bildu, ERC, CUP, BNG, PNV, Junts, Pdecat, Más País, Compromis, Nueva Canarias and the Canary Coalition will request the appearance of Sánchez, after moving from the position of neutrality that Spain has maintained for decades to backing the proposal of autonomy presented by Morocco in 2007.
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Several political groups are going to register this Monday a summons of the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, in the Congress of Deputies to account for the position change of the Executive regarding Western Sahara.
EH Bildu, ERC, CUP, BNG, PNV, Junts, Pdecat, Más País, Compromises, Nueva Canarias and Canarian Coalition They will request the appearance of Sánchez, after moving from the position of neutrality that Spain has maintained for decades with respect to Western Sahara to a support for the autonomy proposal presented by Morocco in 2007.
A new position that, according to the Minister of the Presidency, Felix Bolanos“shows that we are going to have a good relationship with Morocco, that we are going to have a stable relationship, in which Morocco is committed to collaborating against human trafficking, against illegal immigration”, he stressed.
However, this position had already generated discomfort in his government partners, as well as in the opposition and in the Polisario Front.
The Second Vice President of the Government of Spain, Yolanda Diazmarked distances this Friday with President Pedro Sánchez, by assuring that the resolution of the conflict over Western Sahara must “pass through dialogue and respect for the democratic will of the Saharawi people.”
I reaffirm my commitment to the defense of the Saharawi people and to the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.
Any solution to the conflict must go through dialogue and respect for the democratic will of the Saharawi people. I will keep working on that.
– Yolanda Diaz (@Yolanda_Diaz_) March 18, 2022
Also the president of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzarassured this Saturday in Bilbao that his formation “is not going to give its support” to any proposal for the resolution of the Sahara conflict that does not go in the direction of respecting “the free decision of the Saharawi people”.
Geroa Baithrough his official Twitter profile, has rejected “Pedro Sánchez’s position on the Sahara” and has reiterated his support “for the Saharawi people and their legitimate right to self-determination through a referendum”.
On the other hand, the profile of EH Bildu Nafarroa has retweeted the message from the general coordinator of the coalition, Arnaldo Otegi, in which he assures that “the only possible solution for the Saharawi people is to guarantee their legitimate right to self-determination, in accordance with the UN resolutions. The Saharawi people will always have our unconditional support”.
The only possible solution for the Saharawi people is to guarantee their legitimate right to self-determination, in accordance with UN resolutions. The Saharawi people will always have our unconditional support.
Self-determination and peace for all peoples. #FreeSahara pic.twitter.com/D31VcpQF2B
– Arnaldo Otegi (@ArnaldoOtegi) March 18, 2022
Along these lines, the MEP from EH Bildu Drilling Auger He stressed that “it is the Sahrawis who must decide their future, no one else. Respect for international legality must be applied not only in Ukraine, but also in Western Sahara”.
The Navarre parliamentarians have also shown their rejection of Can. Mikel Buil has waited “for the PSOE to receive all the cries that are heard today throughout the country and that say loud and clear that we cannot abandon the Saharawi people. They have suffered enough until now”.
In addition, the Navarran parliamentarian of Left-Ezkerra Marisa de Simón has expressed her “frontal rejection of the support of the Government of Spain for the autonomy plan of the Kingdom of Morocco for the Sahara”, and has demanded that the central Executive recognize the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Source: Eitb
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