French daily: Moroccan initiative is part of a large modernisation plan
The Moroccan initiative for negotiating an autonomy statute for the Sahara region «is the beginning not the end, and is part of a large modernization and democratization plan" in Morocco, wrote the French newspaper» «L'Alsace de Dimanche".
The daily, which qualifies as " innovative” the initiative underlines that this one is well received by the population of the southern provinces it also " interests” the detainees in the Tindouf camps who" look for a different and better future ".
Reminding the difficult living conditions in these camps, the newspaper points out that " all evidence agrees to say that there is no freedom and that we can neither move nor communicate freely".
Having mentioned that the Moroccan initiative was favourably received by the UN Secretary General, the United States, France, Spain, and greeted by the Security Council, the newspaper comments that Morocco «creates new dynamism to get out of the deadlock and provides a framework that would be the base for dialogue, negotiation and agreement”.
Concerning the Maghreb, the newspaper hopes that «an agreement between Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Algeria and Morocco would give a political weight in the region and stimulate economies ", saying that «the continuation of the conflict backs terrorism. Polisario mercenaries, who are carrying out all kinds of traffic, is getting close to Al Qaeda"
