Almost 680 people and organizationsamong which are writers, musicians and soldiers from April, sent this Wednesday a letter to the Portuguese government to ask help for Western Saharawhich they consider “the last colony in Africa”.
The open letter “intends to remind the recently sworn-in Government of the Socialist Party that ‘The people of Western Sahara have been waiting and fighting for 47 years for a solution that ends the last colony in Africa, that ends an unfinished process of decolonization’”, refer the 677 subscribers.
Signed by writers like Alice Vieira either lydia georgemusicians like Sergio Godinho Y teresa salgueiroacademics like Francisco Louca Y Boaventura de Sousa Santos and soldiers of the April revolution like Vasco Lourencothe letter is specifically addressed to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister.
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“The territory, rich in phosphates and fishing, It is considered the last colony in Africa.having been occupied by the Kingdom of Morocco since 1975, when the former colonizing power -Spain- abandoned it without complying with the self-determination process that it had undertaken before the United Nations”, say the subscribers.
EITHER objective is, as explained in a statement released today, to achieve portuguese government “Keep it on your agenda, in accordance with International Law, with the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and with the support given to the Timorese people, O o”.
In addition, the nearly 680 personalities and civil society organizations call for “an ongoing dialogue on the issue with the two parties to the conflict, the Polisario Front and the Kingdom of MoroccoSo [que o Governo possa] always be informed first-hand and [possa] collaborate in the construction of a credible and lasting solution”.
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On the other hand, the group intends that Portugal “actively contribute so that the negotiations under the auspices of the UN recognize the indispensability of holding a referendum so that the Saharawi people can decide on their own futureand that the Government “accompanies and seeks by all means to stop human rights violations” in that region.
Finally, the insurers appeal to the executive of António Costa to “strictly comply with the judgments of the European Union courts in relation to the commercial agreements concluded between the European Union and Morocco and not to involve Portugal in undertakings located in the non-autonomous territory of the Occidental Sahara”.
Among the signatories of the open letter there are also names such as the film director Joao Salavizathat of the actress and director Maria Joao Luissociologist and former member of the BE Ana Dragoacademics Eduardo Paz Ferreira, Luis Moita Y Manuel Carvalho da Silvain addition to figures linked to political intervention such as Anna Gomes, armenian carlos, helena rosetta, Ilda Figueiredo, Joseph Manuel Pureza Y Pedro Bacelar de Vasconcelos and military personnel from April 25 as Vasco Lourenco Y warrior martins or even human rights activists like the theologian Bento Sundays and the economist Victor Nogueira.
Source: Observadora
