Algeria, Dec 31, 2011 (SPS) - The Algerian author, Dr. Smail Debeche, confirmed that the diplomatic gains achieved by the Saharawi cause during last month “reinforce the right of self-determination of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence,” reported Thursday the magazine “Algerian.”
The Algerian author noted that the EU's decision to freeze to the fishing agreement with Morocco, which is contradictory with the international law, and decision of the U.S. Congress to reject U.S. assistance to Morocco without a report presented by the Secretary of State on human rights violations in the occupied territories of Western Sahara as well as the success of the Thirteenth Congress of the Frente Polisario, are all political achievements push the cause forward.
Dr. Debeche pointed out that there is other factors such as, considering Western Sahara as Spanish colony since Berlin Conference which has been considered by the UN Fourth Committee as a decolonization issue since 1960 (the resolution 1514) as the former colonies in the world that gained independence, “contribute to the realization of the project of Saharawi state.”
He said that the strong will of the Polisario Front “reflects a responsible political practice when it put all options and alternatives for the referendum. Choice of the people will be respected. This position weakens Morocco, strengthens the Polisario Front and reinforces a comprehensive international human principle, which is the language of age and current political action, namely democracy, freedom of expression and freedom of choice.”
The Algerian author emphasized that the projects of Autonomy are “colonial projects and practices pursued by former colonial powers, which led in the end to the independence of nations and colonies and in this framework the Moroccan project of Autonomy can be classified, which is in fact a recognition that there is people and land, in addition that Morocco recognized the secession of Western Sahara from its sovereignty, and the sovereignty is indivisible.”
He therefore noted that despite the information blackout imposed on the occupied Western Sahara, public Moroccan views and opinions have began to emerge, not only at the level of some organizations and forces of human rights, but on the level of political forces that are consistent with the referendum principle and right of self-determination, like the Democratic Path Party, which has official positions, program and activity in accordance with to this approach. (SPS)
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