Polisario, a criminal, dangerous organization for regional security – French pundit

The Algeria-backed polisario is a “criminal” and “dangerous” organization for the regional security of North Africa, underlines French expert in geopolitical strategies, Jérôme Besnard, in an article published in “causeur.fr” news outlet.

“The polisario is still involved in various forms of trafficking in the desert, contributing thus to destabilizing the Saharan region,” points out the French pundit.

Opponents tortured, child soldiers paraded, basic rights trampled underfoot: the list of misdeeds committed by the polisario against the inhabitants of the Tindouf camps is long, as NGOs regularly testify before the 4th Committee of the United Nations in New York, he said in this article published on the website of the French monthly, under the title “Front polisario: cinquante ans de crimes et de supercheries” (“Polisario Front: fifty years of crimes and deceptions”.)

This “paramilitary structure, tainted by corruption, retains its power to cause harm thanks to Algeria’s support,” he explains, arguing that no-one can dispute Algeria’s “constant” support for the separatist movement, a “relic of the Cold War”.

He states further that the separatists’ misappropriation of humanitarian aid, mainly from Europe, “has been confirmed by reports from the European Union and the UN,” while Algerian financial aid enables the polisario dignitaries to live a luxurious life.

The expert, who deems the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco as a definitive solution to the Moroccan Sahara question, highlights the growing support this initiative has enjoyed from world powers, notably the United States.