The leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Gali, was re-elected Friday with 69 percent of votes as secretary general of the Sahrawi movement and president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Gali, who will remain in office for a period of three years, obtained 1,253 votes, representing 69 percent of the total, while his rival, Bashir Mustafa, received 31 percent of the votes, according to Saharawi television.
The vote took place within the framework of a congress held in the town of Dakhla, attended by over 2,000 delegates, to decide «the future of the Saharawi cause» and to establish the priorities of the movement, including the composition of the Secretariat and the election of the Secretary General, the highest authority of the Polisario.
Ghali, born in Smara on August 19, 1949, was elected secretary general of the Polisario in 2016 following the death of Mohamed Abdelaziz after nearly 40 years in office. Among his posts, he was minister of the occupied territories from 1998 to 1999 and Polisario representative in Spain between 1999 and 2008.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
