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Rabat – More than three million people marched on Sunday in Rabat to protest against the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s statements on the Western Sahara issue.
Participants, who came from all the regions of Morocco, condemned comments delivered by the UN Chief on the Sahara issue and chanted patriotic slogans.
Since the early hours of Sunday, the unprecedented number of people started pouring to the main areas of the Moroccan capital.
This is the most important March that has ever been organized in the city’s history.
Protesters filled the streets of Rabat after political parties, unions and civil society organizations called for a popular march.
Yesterday, an extraordinary session of the Moroccan Parliament was held in Rabat in response to Ban Ki-moon’s unprecedented statements about the Western Sahara.
Benkirane stated that the UN chief “dropped his impartiality and neutrality during his visit to the region.” “The United Nations Security General hurt the feelings of Moroccans,” he added.
Following his meetings with Algerian officials, as well as with the leaders Polisario, Ban Ki-moon expressed his sympathy with the separatists and described Morocco’s sovereignty over its Saharan provinces (known as Western Sahara) as “occupation.”
Tuesday, the Moroccan government reacted to the statements that Ban Ki-moon made during his recent visit to the Tindouf camps.
“The Government of the Kingdom of Morocco expresses its strongest protest following the remarks made by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during his recent visit to Tindouf and Algiers on the Sahara issue,” said a statement released by the Moroccan government on Tuesday.
“His comments are politically inappropriate, unprecedented, and contrary to Security Council resolutions,” the statement said.
