Troublesome re-election of Brahim Ghali on the head of the Polisario, regardless of the assist of Algeria

As anticipated, the sixteenth congress of the Polisario separatist militia gave its chief Brahim Ghali a tough time. Whereas it was supposed to finish, it was prolonged for 2 days because of the lack of consensus to reinstate Gali as the pinnacle of the separatist group.

Within the separatist camps, the candidacy of Brahim Ghali will not be unanimous, and this was realized as quickly as a workforce from the overall secretariat was despatched to survey the troops earlier than the congress to arrange the succession of the chief of the motion.

Members of a panel mandated by Ghali produced a report on the Polisario’s actions in recent times, and Ghali introduced it throughout this congress to welcome the ceasefire violation and vow to step up the “battle” towards Morocco.

However this discourse, nonetheless utilized by the identical folks, not appeals to members of the militia, and particularly younger folks, who decry the eligibility guidelines for the submit of secretary-general, which require you to be 40 years outdated and have navy expertise to steer an armed separatist group.

In keeping with the Spanish press, which follows the occasions of this congress, just a few hours earlier than closing on Tuesday night, the press secretary of the Polisario introduced the continuation of the congress, which gathered 2,300 folks, till Thursday.

The re-election of Brahim Ghali, ready and confirmed by Algeria, doesn’t appear preordained or straightforward, even when the Polisario blocked the way in which for all potential candidates.

The existence of inner disagreements concerning the management of Gali was revealed in December, when one of many representatives of the militia, “the pinnacle of Europe and the EU” Ubi Bachir, introduced that he had deep variations with the Polisario clan and resigned.

Confronted with a scarcity of renewal of the ruling class within the militia and a youth-saturated Polisario, the separatist motion and Algeria have been compelled to increase the date of the congress to hold out inner reforms.

In the meantime, the candidate Bachir Mustafa Stated, the brother of the founding father of the armed militia, confirmed his candidacy, however the latter doesn’t have the assist of Algeria.