Dakhla (refugee camps), July 10, 2016 (SPS) – New president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, announced Saturday in Dakhla that Algeria will be his "first destination" before participating in the African Union summit (AU).
"Algeria will be my first destination before leaving to attend the AU summit," scheduled from July 10 to 18 in Kigali, Ghali told a press conference after the Polisario Front extraordinary congress held Friday and Saturday.
The head of the Polisario Front political secretariat Brahim Ghali was officially elected on Saturday as president of the SADR and Secretary General of the Front by the overwhelming majority of participants in the Extraordinary Congress of the Front.
The Sahrawi president welcomed "the massive participation of all classes of the Sahrawi population to the Congress," saying that the "union of the Sahrawi people is a message to the Moroccan occupier."
"The Sahrawi people and Polisario Front leadership took up the challenge and were able to assume their tasks of organizing this conference," added Ghali.
The Congress under the slogan "Strength, determination and will to impose national independence and sovereignty" started Friday with the participation of over 2,400 participants came from around the world to elect a new SG of Polisario Front and the president of the SADR. (SPS)
062/090/700