The PSOE alleged on Tuesday various technical and legal reasons for not supporting the proposal of United We Can in Congress to grant Spanish nationality to Saharawis born before February 26, 1976, the date on which Western Sahara ceased to be part of Spanish sovereignty.
“We believe that for legal reasons, for political reasons and for technical reasons, what we should do is promote as law the political consensus that already reached this Chamber in 2016, which is to standardize the procedures for acquiring nationality in the Sahara to what has already been established for the other colonies, especially for Equatorial Guinea. For similar situations, the same solutions”, outlined the socialist deputy Sergio Gutiérrez during a debate that, due to its theme, was once again marked by harsh criticism from all parties to the unilateral “turn” given by the PSOE on the position of Spain before the Sahara, almost a year ago.
The proposal was taken into consideration only with the votes against of the Socialists and the abstention of the Vox deputies. The rest of the parliamentarians, including the Popular Party, seconded the proposal of United We Can.
Despite the fact that the Socialists admitted during the parliamentary debate the “grievance” to which the Sahrawi people have been subjected in recent decades by Spain, the PSOE spokesman stressed various technical and legal reasons for not supporting the proposal designed by your executive partner. For example, Gutiérrez said, that it be the Polisario Front that issues the certificates that facilitate obtaining nationality.
The usual allies of the Executive, minutes before, had recalled the “unjustifiable” turn of the Government in order to improve its relations with Rabat and branded as unhelpful the recent summit held between the two countries in Morocco, in which King Mohamed VI “neither did not even meet” with Pedro Sánchez, as various parliamentary spokespersons, such as the Republican Marta Rosique, pointed out. The one from the BNG, Néstor Rego, asserted that the “infamous” shift of the PSOE continues to overshadow the Executive’s foreign policy today.
From EH Bildu, the deputy Ion Iñarritu, for months very critical of the change of position of the Government with the Sahara, valued as positive the proposal of United We Can, presented and defended in the rostrum of speakers by the leader of the PCE, Enrique Santiago . In this sense, Iñarritu recalled the cases of alleged espionage with Pegasus and the recent distancing of the PSOE in the European Parliament when it came to condemning the human rights situation in Morocco.
Mariona Illamola, from JxCat, expressed her doubts about the proposal presented by Unidas Podemos precisely because of the Government’s management of the recent crisis with Morocco and said she feared that the plan to grant nationality to Saharawis born before 1976 would finally end in a ” toast to the sun.” In any case, as Joan Baldoví, from Compromís, opined, the groups close to the Government hope at least that this measure will serve to repair “even if it is too late for the infamous abandonment and indifference” towards the Saharawi people of recent decades. “Spain has a deep moral debt with the people of the Sahara”, considered Mikel Legarda, of the PNV.
The Popular Party, through the mouth of the deputy Miguel Ángel Jerez, insisted on the need for Spain to recover neutrality in its position on the Sahara, and was willing to collaborate “proactively” with the resolution adopted by Congress this Thursday . Mª Carmen Martínez, from Ciudadanos, announced the support of the Liberals for the measure but charged against the “historic errors” of the coalition Executive in foreign policy, especially with regard to the relationship with Morocco and Western Sahara.
On behalf of Vox, Teresa López defined the measures launched by Unidas Podemos as a “whitening purpose”, especially when compared with the “policy of transfers to pro-Moroccan interests” that has characterized the last legislature. A management that has deteriorated, for example, she said, the sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla.
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