Polisario Front attempts to deceive with forgeries and deception in its separatist agenda
The Polisario Front resorts to tricks and maneuvers through international institutions, often with the help of Algeria, in order to gain entry to UN facilities for display purposes, media coverage, and to reassure its followers.
The Forum for Support of Autonomy Advocates in the Tindouf Camps (Forcesatin) has exposed the illicit methods employed by Polisario Front leaders to gain entry to UN offices. This includes impersonating diplomatic roles with the facilitation of Algeria, all with the aim of promoting the separatist agenda of the Polisario Front in international forums and masking the fact that it is not recognized.
The United Nations and its organizational structures do not recognize the Polisario Front, nor do they grant it any form of recognition, authority, or access to their premises.
The Forum explained in a statement that “this imaginary republic resorts to tricks, maneuvers, fraud, or enters international institutions with the help of special licenses related to civil associations, falsely claiming to be affiliated with them to obtain membership permits. However, once they enter the facilities, they begin taking photographs, which are sent to Algerian media outlets as if they are related to Polisario Front meetings with international institutions and figures.”
These steps are also used by the Polisario Front to justify expenses directed towards individuals from various regions and bodies, most of which do not recognize the Polisario Front.
How can they exchange representations or allow the opening of consulate branches or representations, similar to the way its leader Ibrahim Ghali attempted to enter Spain using a forged identity for medical treatment, leading to the embarrassing situation of an Algerian presidential plane being placed under his supervision.” In 2021, the issue of Ibrahim Ghali entering Spain with forged travel documents arose out of fear of facing Spanish justice. Sources have confirmed that Ghali chose the name Mohamed Ben Batosh to sneak into Spain and maintain the secrecy of his arrival. He also presented other forged documents under the alias Mohamed Abdullah.
They further added that the use of two different identities primarily served the purpose of escaping Spanish justice, as many complaints were filed against Ibrahim Ghali by victims who leveled serious charges against him. Additionally, it aimed to deceive Spanish security authorities and conceal his true identity, along with erasing traces of his movements within Spain. Spain acknowledged hosting Ghali on its territory, citing “humanitarian reasons,” without going into further details. The same scenario is repeated in a similar fashion with Oubi Buchraya, whom the Polisario Front refers to as its “representative in Switzerland.”
He engages in meetings under a forged identity and manipulates international law for publicity and promotion, giving the impression that the Polisario Front representative meets with international figures. In reality, this Polisario leader manipulates the law and uses a forged identity to facilitate these meetings.
The Forum for Support of Autonomy Advocates in the Tindouf Camps has highlighted that “these actions are not limited to Ghali and Buchraya but include almost all of the leaders, many of whom are wanted by justice, fearing arrest, and using forged identities to move around. Among them are those tasked with diplomatic missions by the Algerian regime, which facilitates their entry into UN facilities through devious means.”
Many instances have confirmed this forgery, such as the Polisario Front’s representative in New York facing embarrassment when being removed from the main entrance of the UN headquarters designated for diplomats, after his impersonation as a diplomat was exposed. This resulted in his entry through the back entrance designated for civil associations, similar to all representatives of ordinary civil organizations.”
Algeria not only assists Polisario Front leaders in deceiving and forging identities but also mobilizes its media machinery to promote narratives and rumors about military confrontations between the Moroccan army and separatists. In response to this, Mustafa Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud, a former leader in the Polisario Front, stated that Morocco has proven over the past decades that it is more intelligent and wise than Algeria in managing the Moroccan Sahara conflict.
He explained that “Morocco does not need any ground military action in the southern region, as some websites claim. Any military action taken by Morocco after the Guerguerat operation would change the situation on the ground,” hinting that Algeria would respond with direct military intervention in the northern Sahara regions, under the pretext of “protecting Algerian national security.”
