{"id":28738,"date":"2025-11-29T22:12:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=28738"},"modified":"2025-11-29T22:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:12:53","slug":"marzoukis-pro-morocco-stance-when-will-the-ex-president-cease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=28738","title":{"rendered":"Marzouki’s Pro-Morocco Stance: When Will the Ex-President Cease?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Algiers<\/strong> – Once again, Moncef Marzouki has emerged to offer his perspective on the Western Sahara issue, consistently echoing a narrative favorable to Morocco. His recent pronouncements, delivered in a polished manner, selectively interpret history and invariably amplify the Moroccan viewpoint as undisputed fact. This goes beyond mere political opinion; it is a skewed representation of a conflict spanning half a century, disregarding international law and established facts.<\/p>\n

While Marzouki is entitled to admire Morocco or cherish his memories with King Mohammed VI, this does not grant him license to distort reality or disregard the legal principles governing a matter that has remained under United Nations supervision as part of decolonization efforts for decades. A response is necessary, not merely to defend Algeria, but to uphold international legitimacy and established legal and historical truths.<\/p>\n

Marzouki’s claim that Algeria’s assertion of not being a party to the conflict is no longer convincing is a deliberate misrepresentation, removing the statement from its international context. The United Nations has clearly defined the involved parties as Morocco and the Polisario Front, a position reinforced by the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion in 1975. Algeria’s role is that of an observer nation committed to defending the right to self-determination, a principle enshrined in its own liberation in 1962. <\/p>\n

Algeria’s hosting of Sahrawi refugees since 1975 does not make it a party to the conflict. Would Jordan or Turkey be considered ‘parties’ in the Syrian crisis simply because they host millions of refugees? Conflating humanitarian assistance with political involvement is a flawed attempt to alter the nature of the conflict.<\/p>\n

Marzouki’s insistence that recent Security Council resolutions ‘settle’ the matter in favor of Moroccan autonomy directly contradicts the texts of those resolutions. Resolutions 2703 and 2756 explicitly state the need for a mutually agreed-upon political solution between the parties, based on the principle of self-determination. Furthermore, over 80 nations recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, a founding member of the African Union.<\/p>\n

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