The Polisario Front has been constantly threatening Spain since Pedro Sanchez decided to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara. These threats made in recent weeks by the leader of the Front, Brahim Ghali, must be taken very seriously by Spain, given the terrorist past of the separatist movement.
The leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, stated that Spain will end up paying dearly for its change of position on the Sahara, hoping that the leader of the Popular Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will correct the situation if he accesses the Moncloa in 2023.
Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali reacts after Spain’s decision to support Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara. He condemns the "betrayal" of Pedro Sanchez and insists on the need to go to a self-determination referendum to "liberate the Sahrawi people".
Since Spain has revised its position on the Moroccanness of the Sahara, this is the first time that Brahim Ghali has broken his silence. In an interview with the Spanish daily El Mundo, the Polisario Front leader accused Spain of once again abandoning the Sahrawis.
Morocco has decided to end the ongoing legal action against the Spanish authorities, in particular against Camilo Villarino, the former chief of staff of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzales Laya, suspected of having coordinated the entry into Spain of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front.
The public prosecutor’s office is appealing the judge’s decision in charge of the Ghali case to keep the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzales Laya, under investigation and not her former chief of staff, Camilo Villarino .
The judge in charge of the Brahim Ghali case, Rafael Lasala, has just ordered the police to investigate the identity of the person responsible who coordinated the entry of the Polisario Front leader into the Zaragoza air base last April.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is facing criticism from some Spanish politicians and media after his meeting with Polisario leader Brahim Ghali during the EU-AU summit. They accuse him of bogging down Rabat and Madrid in the diplomatic crisis.
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya , reaffirmed on Thursday that the entry into Spain of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, was a "political" decision justified by Spain’s legendary "humanitarian tradition".
The leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, says he "deeply regrets" the crisis generated by his entry into Spain in April last for health reasons. He denounces a "political instrumentalization" of the situation by Morocco.
Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario independence movement and president of the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)", would be expected at the sixth European Union-African Union summit, which Morocco will also attend. His possible attendance at this meeting could undermine relations between Europe and the kingdom.
The driver of the ambulance that transported Brahim Ghali to the hospital in Logroño confirmed to the police that a civilian man gave "instructions" to the military at the Zaragoza air base upon the arrival of the Polisario Front leader.