Polisario Front says Morocco’s autonomy plan should go to referendum

Western Sahara independence movement, the Polisario Front, said on Thursday it would potentially be ready to accept an autonomy plan proposed by Morocco.

The big catch is that it would only do so if the Sahrawi population validates it in a referendum, that included independence as one of the options.

Polisario’s chief diplomat, Mohamed Yeslem Beissat, said it presented an “expanded proposal” the United Nations on Monday.

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