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Rabat – Salem Lebsir, a Polisario member, acknowledged that separatist leader Brahim Ghali is planning to leave Spain in the next few days without answering legal charges against him.
OKDIARIO published an interview with Lebsir, who admitted that Ghali is planning to leave Spain once he is fully recovered.
The Polisario leader entered Spain illegally, using a fake identity and passport to avoid prosecution for his involvement in rape, torture, illegal detention, and kidnapping.
Spain allowed Ghali to enter Spain with false identification under the name of Mohamed Ben Batouch, in arrangement with Algeria.
Lebsir visited Ghali at the Spanish hospital, claiming that the accusations against Ghali only seek to “tarnish his image.”
OKDIARIO said Ghali refused to accept the document that summoned him to the national court in Spain for the charges against him.
Amid tension between Spain and Morocco, the Spanish National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz said he reopened the case against Ghali.
The Spanish judge said his decision was after a score of human rights organizations and activists called on Spain to immediately arrest Ghali for the charges against him, including genocide.
One of the complainants is Fadel Mehdi Braika, a Sahrawi who filed charges against Ghali for the torture he suffered in the Polisario camps in Tindouf, Algeria.
The Polisario leader’s reluctance to answer legal charges against him comes amid an escalation of tension between Spain and Morocco.
Morocco’s government denounced Spain’s attitude to allow Ghali to enter its territories secretly without notifying Moroccan authorities.
In his recent interview with Europe 1 on Sunday, Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita warned that the tension will only aggravate if Spain allows Ghali to leave its territories the same way he entered.
He said it is up to Spain to find a solution to end the crisis with Morocco, warning that if the European country is planning to help the separatist leader leave its territories, this will lead to more tension or even a rupture of ties between Rabat and Madrid.
Spain maintains that its decision to host Ghali was a “humanitarian gesture,” emphasizing that it wants to end tension with Morocco “as soon as possible.”
Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Sunday that Ghali must stand trial for all legal charges before leaving Spain.
