Interviewer: Mr. President, you made an important step through your intervention before the King to ask for the Royal pardon for many Sahrawi prisoners. How did you achieve this step and what are the next steps to be taken within the framework of reconciliation?
KOE: Yes, Mohammed Fadel, this step is an intervention within the wise political context stipulated by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI on March 25th, 2006 in Laâyoune which mainly aims at the final reconciliation among Sahrawis and the Moroccan administration and the final closing of the Sahara file from all sides: regarding rights, political, economic and social sides, and of course the preparation of the general environment for the establishement of the historical and unique Royal project relating to the autonomy in compromise with Sahrawis.
This step reflects first the seriousness, the credibility and the transparency, as well as His Majesty’s love for this region. He wants to bring joy and happiness to all homes and not only to those who have benefited from the amnesty but also to those residing in camps and are isolated from their families. He would like them to have the same freedom and same life.
Thus, the autonomy, from his point of view, is the final solution with our consent as Sahrawis and which we consider the historical step to be followed by other steps in all sectors: political, economic and social ones so that everybody gets to know that this project is not a political rigging but a historical project for building a new Morocco based on democracy, freedom, dignity and common participation.
This Royal step's message is to inform citizens that a new page has been opened where only development, progress, freedom, reconciliation between us and with the neighbours and with everybody should be written. We should stop making endeavours in useless things, stop disputes, stop things that separate us and kill love. We would like to be at His Majesty’s side in building this edifice, with everybody’s consent and everybody’s help.