Madrid, 10 April 2022 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative in Spain, Abdullah Arabi indicated Sunday that the vote of the Spanish Parliament for a proposal reaffirming the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and denouncing the change of position of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Western Sahara, constituted "a clear and categorical rejection" of Madrid's reversal.
"Parliamentary groups, political parties, trade unions and civil society in Spain reject the position of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, which breaks with the traditional position" of neutrality of the Spanish government, affirmed Arabi in a statement to APS.
This rejection, he added, was reflected in "the vote of the Spanish Parliament, which expressed its position rejecting clearly and categorically the decision of Sanchez and demanded to review it, because it does not serve the Sahrawi cause and does not reflect the broad solidarity movement in Spain.
The representative of the Polisario Front deplored, moreover, the fact that the position expressed by Sanchez is not in line with Spain's policy towards the Saharawi cause and people, and is in total contradiction with the traditional position of the Spanish State, recalling that "Madrid affirmed 45 years ago that its position is in conformity with the resolutions of the United Nations and international law".
"Spain has a legal and political responsibility towards the Sahrawi cause and the Sahrawi people," he said, assuring that the reversal of Madrid has prompted "the reaction of parliamentary groups, political parties, trade unions and civil society, which defend the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and independence.
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