HIBAPRESS – Chafiq Anouri
Abdelali Benlyas, Professor of Constitutional Law and Political Science at Mohammed V University in Rabat, considered that the Moroccan Sahara file has entered a new stage, which consecrates the United Nations' recognition of the Kingdom's historical rights.
Benlyas said in a statement to HIBAPRESS that Moroccan diplomacy has been able to "extract from the Security Council recognition of the autonomy initiative as a basis for negotiations between the parties concerned by this conflict."
The university professor added that the file of Morocco's sovereignty over its southern provinces, with this decision, "has entered a new stage that consecrates the recognition of the United Nations organization of the legitimacy of Morocco's historical rights over its southern lands, and that all previous solutions, such as organizing a referendum and others, have become a thing of the past."
Therefore, Benlyas confirms, "all diplomatic efforts that will be led by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations will start from the autonomy initiative and end with it, and will, at the same time, give new dynamism, new ideas, and new interpretations of the content of autonomy."
At the end of his statement, Benlyas pointed out that autonomy, at the same time, is "a framework that accommodates various demands and opens the way for everyone to participate in political participation and in managing the affairs of the inhabitants of the southern provinces under one roof, one homeland, and one flag, which is the flag of the Kingdom of Morocco."
The UN Security Council adopted last Friday evening a resolution that clearly supports the autonomy initiative as the realistic and "most viable" political solution to settle the Moroccan Sahara conflict.
