El MSP desmiente sus vínculos con el servicio secreto exterior de Marruecos

Hach Ahmed Bericalla, first secretary general of the Movement Saharawi for Peace (MSP), spoke to Atalayar about a recent article accusing the Polisario Front's dissident organisation of being "a front for Morocco's foreign secret service".

According to Bericalla, the report on which the information is based "does not exist" and "lacks foundation". The Saharawi diplomat recalls that the document in question was already published years ago and that at that time it also presented "gaps and contradictions". As Bericalla explains, the report linked a person who is currently part of the MSP, but who does not hold any important position, to the Moroccan secret services. However, this dates back to 2018, two years before the MSP was founded. Bericalla therefore believes the whole thing to be "a totally stupid set-up" and "vulgar if not indecent".

The recent article also alludes to an event organised by the MSP to be held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the coming days. Responding to accusations of alleged Moroccan financial support, Bericalla points out that the 1st International Conference for Peace and Security will be held in a public centre where most of the participants have paid for their own travel and even visa fees. Bericalla also tells Atalayar that he is willing to tell any journalist how the conference has been organised, as well as provide more details about the MSP.

Bericalla considers it "not very serious" that this information is being presented "without any proof". The diplomat assures that these accusations do not surprise them due to the multiple propaganda portals that use "intoxication and defamation as a systematic policy when responding to any internal dissidence or rebellion".

What does surprise him, however, is that "those who exhibit a track record as professional journalists resort to the same style of applying the propaganda manual of the Cuban Communist Party when defining or disqualifying their opponents".

Nevertheless, Bericalla rules out taking legal action against this defamation. "We haven't reached that point and we don't want to get into a lawsuit with a person who spends all his time in court. We have more important things to do," he adds.