16th Congress of the Polisario Front

Election to renew the leadership of the Polisario Front January 2023 Sahrawi Republic 15th Congress of the Polisario Front 2019 17th Congress of the Polisario Front 2026 13–22 January 2023 yes Secretary-General election presidential 2,097 Congressmembers 89.18% 20 January 2023 Brahim Ghali 2.jpeg Brahim Ghali DD2239 69.00% 1,253 3x4.svg Bachir Mustafa Sayed FF7F27 31.00% 563 300px Diagram showing how Congressmembers voted for the Secretary-General. Secretary-General Brahim Ghali Polisario Front Secretary-General-elect Brahim Ghali Polisario Front The 16th Congress of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia El Hamra and Río de Oro (ar المؤتمر السادس عشر للجبهة الشعبية لتحرير الساقية الحمراء ووادي الذهب, es XVI Congreso del Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia El Hamra y Río de Oro) was held in the Dajla refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria between 13 and 22 January 2023 to renovate the governing bodies of the Polisario Front and establish the movement's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. The Congress was also used to elect a new Secretary-General for the Polisario Front, which would automatically become the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. For the first time ever, the candidate for Secretary-General was not agreed upon before the Congress. Bachir Mustafa Sayed, brother of the late first president El Uali Mustafa Sayed, ran for the office against the incumbent Brahim Ghali, making this the first truly competitive race for the office and breaking the tradition of establishing a consensus for the office.2023-01-19 El Frente Polisario aprueba intensificar la "lucha armada" contra Marruecos en su congreso trienal The Polisario Front approves intensifying the "armed struggle" against Morocco at its triennial congress https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20230119/frente-polisario-aprueba-intensificar-lucha-armada/2416630.shtml 2023-01-20 RTVE esPrieto Nestor 2023-01-11 El Frente Polisario celebra su XVI Congreso con la promesa de hacer «escalar la guerra» para conseguir la «independencia total» The Polisario Front celebrates its 16th Congress with the promise of "escalating the war" to achieve "total independence" https://www.descifrandolaguerra.es/frente-polisario-xvi-congreso-escalar-guerra-conseguir-la-independencia/ 2023-01-20 Descifrando la Guerra es The Congress' slogan is "Escalating the fighting to expel the occupation and complete sovereignty" (ar تصعيد القتال لطرد الاحتلال لفرض السيادة, es Escalar la lucha para expulsar al ocupante e imponer la soberanía). The Congress was also named after M'hamed Jaddad, the late Sahrawi coordinator with the MINURSO.2022-10-27 The Preparatory Committee announces date and place of holding the 16th Conference of the Polisario Front https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2022/10/27/42551.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service en 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120030532/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2022/10/27/42551.html dead The Congress is the first one to be held in a wartime situation since 1991, due to the breakout of the Second Western Sahara War in 2020. This situation led to the Congress having little international promotion since the Polisario Front sought instead to unite Sahrawis around a war strategy to intensify the war with this Congress. The Congress finished with the re-election of Brahim Ghali in the first round, barely avoiding a second round (as the president needs the support of two-thirds of the Congress in the first round to be elected). He obtained 69% of the votes, the lowest score ever obtained by the winning candidate since the introduction of direct vote for the office.AfricaElect Africa Elects 2023-01-20 2023-01-23 1616537018166566912 Sahrawi Republic: Brahim Ghali (POLISARIO, left-wing to centre-left) has narrowly avoided a second round by getting 69% of the votes, the lowest result ever recorded for a winning presidential candidate. en Background thumb|150px|left|upright|Logo adopted by the Preparatory Commission for the 16th Congress The Preparatory Commission announced on 27 October 2022 that the 16th Congress would take place between 13 and 17 January 2023 in the wilaya of Dajla, in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf. It also adopted symbols for the Congress. Due to the war situation, which began when the ceasefire with Morocco broke down in November 2020 after Morocco sent troops to the southern part of Western Sahara to disperse Sahrawi protesters who were blocking the only highway to Mauritania, the Congress was not held in the Liberated Territories.2023-01-12 Exceptional circumstances in 16th Polisario Front Congress https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/01/12/exceptional-circumstances-in-16th-polisario-front-congress/ 2023-01-20 Prensa Latina enAfter re-election, Polisario's Ghali vows more Sahrawi resistance https://www.africanews.com/2023/01/23/after-re-election-polisarios-ghali-vows-more-sahrawi-resistance/ 2023-01-26 Africanews 23 January 2023 en A "National Preparatory Conference" was held days before the Congress, between 8 and 11 January, to solve disputes and seek a unified position inside the Front, especially towards the candidacy of the General-Secretary.2023-01-11 The National Preparatory Conference for the 16th Congress of Polisario Front concludes after four days of Fruitful discussions https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/11/43544.html 2023-01-26 Sahrawi Press Service en 26 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126072242/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/11/43544.html dead 2023-01-09 La Conferencia Nacional y el XVI Congreso General del Frente POLISARIO The National Conference and the XVI General Congress of the POLISARIO Front https://www.ecsaharaui.com/2023/01/la-conferencia-nacional-y-el-xvi.html 2023-01-26 ECSaharaui es 26 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126072244/https://www.ecsaharaui.com/2023/01/la-conferencia-nacional-y-el-xvi.html dead The Congress was extended twice due to the lengthiness of the debates: it first got a 48-hour extension up to 19 January 2023 and later got a 72-hour one up to 22 January 2023.2023-01-18 16th Congress of Polisario Front: Approval of narrative and financial reports and extension of work for 48 hours https://spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/18/43693.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service en 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120030550/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/18/43693.html dead 2023-01-20 The 16th Congress of the Polisario Front: Extension of work for another 72 hours https://spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/20/43738.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service en 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120085916/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/20/43738.html dead During the Congress, members voted to amend the Basic Law of the Polisario Front to change the rules concerning the National Secretariat, forcing a renewal of at least six new members in every term, apart from reducing the members from 50 to 44 by removing two of the 29 Congress-elected members and excluding the mass organisations' (National Union of Sahrawi Women, Sahrawi Trade Union, Sahrawi Youth Union and Union of Sahrawi Students) from having a direct representation in the National Secretariat.2023-01-19 The Sixteenth Congress of the Polisario Front endorses the Basic Law https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/19/43711.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service en 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120030624/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/19/43711.html dead International presence Several foreign political parties participated or sent messages in support of the 16th Congress, major parties are listed below. Parties that participated in the Congress Algeria: National Liberation Front, Democratic National Rally, El Binaa,2023-01-15 Algerian political parties reiterate support to Sahrawi people's just struggle https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/15/43606.html 2023-01-26 Sahrawi Press Service en 26 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126062338/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/15/43606.html dead Voice of the People2023-01-17 The 16th Congress of the Polisario Front receives letters of solidarity from parties and personalities from different countries of the world https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/17/43676.html 2023-01-26 Sahrawi Press Service en 26 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126062337/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/17/43676.html dead Cuba: Communist Party of Cuba2023-01-13 Frente Polisario inicia Congreso en zona de refugiados Polisario Front begins Congress in refugee zone https://www.pcc.cu/noticias/frente-polisario-inicia-congreso-en-zona-de-refugiados Cuba asiste al congreso del Frente Polisario con una delegación encabezada por Yudí Rodríguez Hernández, miembro del Secretariado del Comité Central del Partido Comunista. Cuba attends the Polisario Front congress with a delegation headed by Yudí Rodríguez Hernández, member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. 2023-01-26 Communist Party of Cuba es Mauritania: Union of the Forces of Progress, El InsafKhattatt Mohamed 2023-01-19 16ème Congrès du Front Polisario : La guerre du Sahara n'est pas finie 16th Congress of the Polisario Front: The Sahara War is not over https://maurinews.info/news-reports/64896/ 2023-01-26 Maurinews fr Mozambique: FRELIMO2023-01-15 President of Republic receives delegation of African parties https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/15/43627.html 2023-01-26 Sahrawi Press Service en 26 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126062343/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/15/43627.html dead Namibia: SWAPO (through the Namibian ambassador to the SADR)2023-01-15 African politicians express solidarity with Sahrawi people's struggle for independence https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/15/43615.html 2023-01-26 Sahrawi Press Service en 26 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126062334/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/15/43615.html dead Nicaragua: Sandinista National Liberation Front2023-01-15 Brahim Ghali recibe a enviado de Nicaragua para decimosexto Congreso del Frente Polisario Brahim Ghali receives the Nicaraguan envoy for the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front https://www.spsrasd.info/news/es/articles/2023/01/15/43630.html 2023-01-29 Sahrawi Press Service es 29 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230129200919/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/es/articles/2023/01/15/43630.html dead Portugal: Portuguese Communist Party2023-01-15 Portuguese parties transmit solidarity with the Saharawi people https://porunsaharalibre.org/2023/01/15/portuguese-parties-transmit-solidarity-with-the-saharawi-people/?lang=en 2023-01-26 Por Un Sáhara Libre en Russia: Communists of Russia2023-01-15 Russian Communist Party reaffirms steady position in support of Sahrawi people https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/15/43610.html 2023-01-26 Sahrawi Press Service en June 2026 InternetArchiveBot South Africa: African National Congress,2023-01-16 President of Republic receives South African delegation representing ANC https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/16/43659.html 2023-01-26 Sahrawi Press Service en 26 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126062335/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/16/43659.html dead South African Communist Party Spain: United Left, Podemos, EH Bildu, Anticapitalistas, People's Party, Galician Nationalist Bloc, New Canaries2023-01-14 El Frente Polisario inaugura su XVI Congreso con la consigna de intensificar la lucha armada The Polisario Front inaugurates its 16th Congress with the slogan of intensifying the armed struggle https://www.publico.es/internacional/frente-polisario-inaugura-xvi-congreso-momento-clave-sahara-occidental.html 2023-01-26 Público es Venezuela: United Socialist Party of Venezuela2023-01-14 Venezuela renueva su espaldarazo al pueblo saharaui Venezuela renews its support for the Sahrawi people http://www.psuv.org.ve/temas/noticias/venezuela-renueva-su-espaldarazo-al-pueblo-saharaui/ 2023-01-27 United Socialist Party of Venezuela es Zimbabwe: ZANU–PF Parties that supported the Congress Panama: Democratic Revolutionary Party Portugal: Bloco de Esquerda, Socialist Party (through their Socialist Youth) Timor-Leste: Fretilin, CNRT, Democratic Party Uruguay: Socialist Party Election system The Congress elects the National Secretariat, which is the most important decision-making organism inside the Polisario Front when Congresses are not held, and the General-Secretary of the Front, which automatically becomes President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. To be elected Secretary-General of the Polisario Front the following requirements have to be met:2023-01-08 Todo el detalle sobre cómo funciona el Congreso del Frente Polisario All the details on how the Congress of the Polisario Front works https://www.saharawistoday.com/todo-el-detalle-sobre-como-funciona-el-congreso-del-frente-polisario https://web.archive.org/web/20230111215629/https://www.saharawistoday.com/todo-el-detalle-sobre-como-funciona-el-congreso-del-frente-polisario usurped 11 January 2023 2023-01-20 SaharawisToday es Being a Sahrawi national. Having a militant experience of at least twenty years and have held positions in the national leadership for at least ten years. Having military experience during the war. Being at least 40 years old. Having a clean criminal record. The candidates are proposed by the Election Commission, and voted on by the Congress. The vote is done by ballot directly and secretly, with a supermajority of at least two-thirds of the vote required to win the first round and an absolute majority for the second round. 250px|thumb|right|upright|Members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front after the 16th Congress shown per method of election. #007A3D Congress-elected members: 27 seats #000000 Secret members of the Occupied Territories: 16 seats #C4111B General-Secretary of the POLISARIO Front: 1 seat After the reforms passed by the 16th Congress to the Fundamental Law of the Polisario Front, the National Secretariat will only have 44 members, of which 27 are directly chosen by the Congress, 16 are anonymously elected by the Occupied Territories to become anonymous members, and the General-Secretary serving as an ex officio member. To become a member of the National Secretariat the following requirements have to be met: Being a Sahrawi national. Having a clean criminal record. Being at least 30 years old. Having a university or academic graduation certificate with five years of continuous service or field experience of not less than ten years in one or more of the following positions: Regional personnel in the military or higher. Member of a regional branch or higher. Central Director at Ministry level or higher. Ambassador or representative at the state level. Member of the National Constitutional Council, the Superior Council of the Magistracy and the Consultative Council. Member of the executive office of a mass organization. The vote is direct and secret, with multiple non-transferable vote being used in the first round and ranked voting in the second one. The winning candidates are those who have obtained the absolute majority of the votes in the first round. In case of impossibility of obtaining the required number of candidates, the electoral commission continues to seek the vote of the congressmen on the basis of a list three times greater than the number of remaining candidates until obtaining the number of required candidates, elected by simple majority. There's a gender quota requiring at least six of the Congress-elected members to be women, while a new quota of six new members was introduced in this Congress before the election of the National Secretariat. Candidates Confirmed Brahim Ghali, President of the Sahrawi Republic and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front since 2016.2023-01-20 The Election Committee presents two candidates for the post of Secretary-General of the Polisario Front https://spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/20/43737.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service en 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120075512/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/20/43737.html dead Bachir Mustafa Sayed, Minister of the Presidency in charge of Political Affairs. Rumoured Abdelkader Taleb Omar, ambassador to Algeria since 2018 and Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic between 2003 and 2018.2023-01-17 Bachir Mustafá Sayed aspira a liderar el Frente POLISARIO Bachir Mustafa Sayed aspires to lead the POLISARIO Front https://www.ecsaharaui.com/2023/01/bachir-mustafa-sayed-aspira-liderar-el.html 2023-01-20 ECSaharaui es Frente a Gali y Bachir también podría postularse otro miembro: el exprimer ministro y actual embajador en Argelia, Abdelkader Taleb Omar. Against Ghali and Bachir, another member could also run: the former prime minister and current ambassador to Algeria, Abdelkader Taleb Omar. 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120033221/https://www.ecsaharaui.com/2023/01/bachir-mustafa-sayed-aspira-liderar-el.html dead Opinion polling The Sahrawi website ECSaharaui did several informal voting estimations among the Congressmembers, dividing voters into three segments: +Voter demographics in the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front2023-01-20 Así están las encuestas para las elecciones para el puesto de la Secretaría General del Frente POLISARIO This is how the polls are for the elections for the position of the General Secretariat of the POLISARIO Front https://www.ecsaharaui.com/2023/01/asi-estan-las-encuestas-para-las.html 2023-01-21 ECSaharaui es June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Segment % Ghali % Sayed % Undecided % Lead Army 75 20 5 55 Popular bases 80 20 N/A 60 Youth and public administration Lean Mustafa Sayed Final estimate 66 N/A N/A N/A Final result 69 31 N/A 38 Results Secretary-General Polls opened on 20 January 2023 at 10 AM GMT+1 and closed at 1PM GMT+1. 24 offices were allocated for voting by the Election Committee. There were two candidates, Brahim Ghali and Bachir Mustafa Sayed, for the post of Secretary-General of the Polisario Front.2023-01-20 The electoral process for the post of Secretary-General of the Polisario Front starts https://spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/20/43740.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service en 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120115616/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/20/43740.html dead Ghali was re-elected as Secretary-General of the Polisario Front and President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic for a three-year term. 1,870 Congressmembers out of 2,097 registered cast a vote; 1,816 votes were valid while 54 votes were considered invalid. Ghali received 1,253 votes (69%) while Mustafa Sayed obtained 563 votes (31%). The Electoral Commission did not record any violations or obstacles during the election. Brahim Ghali 1253 –17.10 Bachir Mustafa Sayed 563 New 54 2097 Sahrawi Press Service2023-01-20 Re-election of Brahim Ghali as Secretary General of the Polisario Front https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/20/43745.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service en 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120182735/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/20/43745.html dead 2023-01-20 Brahim Gali reelecto al frente de la dirección del Frente POLISARIO Brahim Gali re-elected at the head of the leadership of the Frente POLISARIO https://www.spsrasd.info/news/es/articles/2023/01/20/43751.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service es National Secretariat Polls opened on 21 January 2023 at 12 AM GMT+1 and closed at 3PM GMT+1 for the first round of the election of the National Secretariat, with 24 offices were allocated for voting. 181 candidates ran for office.2023-01-21 المؤتمر السادس عشر للجبهة: لجنة الانتخابات تعلن القائمة الرسمية لعضوية الأمانة الوطنية وبدء العملية الانتخابية The 16th Congress of the Front: The Elections Commission announces the official list of members of the National Secretariat and the start of the electoral process https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/21/43759.html 2023-01-24 Sahrawi Press Service ar 24 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124013513/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/21/43759.html dead Results of the first round were announced by 9AM GMT+1 of the next day,2023-01-21 المؤتمر السادس عشر للجبهة : لجنة الانتخابات تواصل فرز الأصوات في ظروف حسنة على مستوى المكاتب الـ 24 The 16th Congress of the Front: The Elections Commission continues counting votes in good conditions at the level of the 24 offices https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/21/43770.html 2023-01-24 Sahrawi Press Service ar 24 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124013512/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/21/43770.html dead with only two candidates obtaining the required absolute majority and a second round being held that same day, this time with 75 candidates.2023-01-22 المؤتمر السادس عشر للجبهة : إعلان نتائج المرحلة الأولى من الانتخابات الخاصة بأعضاء الأمانة الوطنية The 16th Congress of the Front: Announcement of the results of the first phase of the elections for members of the National Secretariat https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/22/43772.html 2023-01-24 Sahrawi Press Service ar 24 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124013513/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/22/43772.html dead The new members of the National Secretariat were announced by midnight GMT+1,2023-01-23 نتائج الدور الثاني من أعضاء الأمانة الوطنية The results of the second round of members of the National Secretariatt https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/23/43799.html 2023-01-24 Sahrawi Press Service ar 24 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124044937/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/23/43799.html dead with results being partially released on Sahrawi media. The quotas were respected, with six women and eight new members elected to the National Secretariat.saharawistoday SaharawisToday 2023-01-23 2023-01-24 1617333572796579841 8 miembros son nuevos superando la cuota mínima de 6 miembros que se establecía este año. También se cumple la cuota mínima de 6 mujeres.El miembro más joven es Lehbib Mohamed Abdelaziz, con 33 años de edad. 8 members are new, exceeding the minimum quota of 6 members that was established this year. The minimum quota of 6 women is also met.The youngest member is Lehbib Mohamed Abdelaziz, at 33 years of age. es File:Congress-elected members of the National Secretariat of the POLISARIO Front (16th Congress).svg Notes Abdelkader Taleb Omar 947 50.64 Re-elected Lud Daf 937 50.11 Elected Lehbib Mohamed Abdelaziz 1030 55.08 Elected Abaali Hamudi 1012 54.12 Elected Marahib El-Mami 973 52.03 Re-elected Mohamed Luali Akeik 966 51.66 Re-elected Mohamed Sidati 917 49.04 Re-elected Mariam Salek Hmada 912 48.77 Re-elected Ahmed Abdi Lehbib 798 42.67 Elected Sidahmed Alayat 790 42.25 Elected Mustafa Mohamed Ali Sid-Elbachir 768 41.07 Re-elected Khatri Addouh Re-elected Hasan Buchalga Elected Sidi Omar 722 38.61 Re-elected Bachir Mustafa Sayed 719 38.45 Re-elected Mohamed Lamin Buhali 694 37.11 Re-elected Hamma Salama 689 36.84 Re-elected Mohamed Salem Salek 683 36.52 Re-elected Adda Brahim Hmaym 671 35.88 Elected Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun 658 35.18 Re-elected Mansur Omar 631 33.74 Re-elected Mohamed Lamin Ahmed 625 33.42 Re-elected Fatma Mehdi Re-elected (women's quota) Ezza Babeh Re-elected (women's quota) Maluma Larabas Yumani Re-elected (women's quota) Enguia Salama Elected (women's quota) Jira Bulahi Bad Re-elected (women's quota) 1870 1870 2097 2097 2023-01-23 Dirección electa en el XVI Congreso del Frente POLISARIO Leadership elected at the XVI Congress of the Frente POLISARIO https://frentepolisario.es/direccion-electa-en-el-xvi-congreso-del-frente-polisario/ 2023-01-24 Delegation of the POLISARIO Front in Spain es 24 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124055129/https://frentepolisario.es/direccion-electa-en-el-xvi-congreso-del-frente-polisario/ dead RASD_TVOficial RASD TV 2023-01-23 2023-01-24 1617105654287663104 Abdelkader Taleb Omar, embajador de la RASD en Argelia, y Lud Daf, comandante de la 3ra Región Militar, logran pasar en la 1ª votación del Secretariado Nacional del Frente POLISARIO, con más del 51% de los votos. Comienza la 2ª vuelta para elegir a los 25 miembros restantes. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, SADR ambassador in Algeria, and Lud Daf, commander of the 3rd Military Region, managed to pass in the 1st vote of the National Secretariat of the POLISARIO Front, with more than 51% [sic.] of the votes. The 2nd round begins to choose the 25 remaining members. ensaharawistoday SaharawisToday 2023-01-23 2023-01-24 1617317655366750208 القائمة النهائية لاعضاء الامانة الوطنية: [...] The final list of members of the National Secretariat: [...] ar Reactions International Algeria: Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune congratulated re-elected president Brahim Ghali for his victory and reaffirmed Algeria's support to the "just Sahrawi cause".2023-01-22 President Brahim Ghali receives message of congratulations from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/22/43785.html 2023-01-23 Sahrawi Press Service en 22 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122182724/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/22/43785.html dead 2023-01-22 President Tebboune congratulates Brahim Ghali on his reappointment as Polisario SG, SADR President https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/46457-president-tebboune-congratulates-brahim-ghali-on-his-reappointment-as-polisario-sg-sadr-president 2023-01-23 Algeria Press Service en Mauritania: The leader of the Union of the Forces of Progress, Mohamed Ould Maouloud (who attended the Congress as a guest), congratulated Ghali on "in his mission to guide the Sahrawi people in their legitimate struggle for self-determination and independence". He also congratulated "the new elected leadership and all the Sahrawi people".2023-01-22 Brahim Gali recibe felicitaciones del Partido Unión de las Fuerzas del Progreso de Mauritania Brahim Ghali receives congratulations from the Union of the Forces of Progress Party of Mauritania https://www.spsrasd.info/news/es/articles/2023/01/22/43787.html 2023-01-23 Sahrawi Press Service es Namibia: Namibian president Hage Geingob congratulated re-elected president Brahim Ghali for his victory and reaffirmed Namibia's "firm commitment to support the right to self-determination and freedom for the people of Western Sahara".2023-02-09 President Ghali receives a congratulatory message from his Namibian counterpart on the occasion of his re-election as SG of Polisario Front https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/02/09/44030.html 2023-02-12 Sahrawi Press Service en 12 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230212005602/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/02/09/44030.html dead Russia: The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communists of Russia, Sergey Malinkovich, congratulated Ghali for his re-election on behalf of his party and expressed his party's "unwavering solidarity with the Polisario Front and the people of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic".2023-01-23 حزب شيوعيو روسيا يهنئ الرئيس إبراهيم غالي بمناسبة إعادة إنتخابه أمينا عاما لجبهة البوليساريو ورئيسا للجمهورية الصحراوية The Communists of Russia party congratulates President Brahim Ghali on his re-election as Secretary General of the Polisario Front and President of the Sahrawi Republic https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/23/43809.html 2023-01-23 Sahrawi Press Service ar 23 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230123161406/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/23/43809.html dead Spain: The Communist Party of Spain congratulated the Delegate of the Polisario Front in Spain, Abdullah Arabi, for the results of the 16th Congress and re-affirmed "the support of the communist formation to the just demands of the Sahrawi people and their Government, sole and legitimate representative" through the party's responsible for Western Sahara and the Maghreb, Ismael Sánchez.2023-02-18 El PCE muestra su respaldo al nuevo Gobierno del Sáhara Occidental The PCE shows its support for the new Government of Western Sahara https://www.mundoobrero.es/2023/02/18/el-pce-muestra-su-respaldo-al-nuevo-gobierno-del-sahara-occidental/ 2023-02-23 Mundo Obrero es Galicia: Ana Miranda, a Galician Nationalist Bloc MEP (who attended the Congress as a guest), tweeted on behalf of her party that they salute Brahim Ghali, "re-elected (...) in the democratic process as Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front who will continue to fight with Sahrawi women and men for the freedom, sovereignty, self-determination of Western Sahara".anamirandapaz Ana Miranda 2023-01-20 2023-01-23 1616514023473975296 Saudamos dende @obloque a elección de Brahim Ghali, reelexido hoxe no proceso democrático como Secretario Xeral do @Polisario_ que seguirá loitando coas mulleres e homes saharauis pola liberdade, soberanía, autodeterminación do #SaharaOccidental We welcome from @obloque the election of Brahim Ghali, re-elected today in the democratic process as Secretary General of the @Polisario_ who will continue to fight with Sahrawi women and men for the freedom, sovereignty, self-determination of the #WesternSahara gl Aftermath On 19 January 2023, the Congress approved the National Action Program, which included "intensifying the armed struggle" and "strengthening the diplomatic way" as one of its points. It also approved amendments to the Constitution proposed by the government's legal adviser.2023-01-19 El XVI Congreso del Frente POLISARIO aprueba la nueva Constitución y el Programa de Acción Nacional The XVI Congress of the Frente POLISARIO approves the new Constitution and the National Action Program https://www.spsrasd.info/news/es/articles/2023/01/19/43718.html 2023-01-20 Sahrawi Press Service es 20 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120055412/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/es/articles/2023/01/19/43718.html dead Bachir Mustafa Sayed accepted the results shortly after they were announced, with him criticising the family of Brahim Ghali due to a "defamation and bullying" campaign and announcing he would not run for the office again. He also considered the Congress a "little step we [the Sahrawi people] took together to expand our democracy".2023-01-20 كلمة الأخ البشير مصطفى السيد بعد الإعلان عن نتائج انتخابات الامين العام للجبهة Speech of Brother Bachir Mustafa Sayed after the announcement of the results of the elections of the Secretary-General of the Front https://rasdesp.blogspot.com/2023/01/blog-post_51.html 2023-01-20 المستقلة للأنباء ar President-elect Brahim Ghali and the newly elected members of the National Secretariat took their oath on the night of 22 January 2023 in front of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Brahim Bella, officially concluding the 16th Congress,2023-01-22 المؤتمر السادس عشر للجبهة: القيادة المنتخبة تؤدي اليمين القانونية The 16th Congress of the Front: The elected leadership is sworn in https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/23/43808.html 2023-01-23 Sahrawi Press Service ar 23 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230123161417/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/01/23/43808.html dead with the National Secretariat holding its first session two days later.2023-01-24 National Secretariat of the Polisario Front holds the first session after the 16th Congress https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/24/43832.html 2023-01-26 Sahrawi Press Service en 26 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126021750/https://spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/01/24/43832.html dead On 9 February 2023, Brahim Ghali dissolved the government and reappointed Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun as Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic for a second consecutive term, assigning him to form his government as soon as possible.2023-02-09 President Brahim Ghali renews his trust in Bushraya Bayun as Prime Minister https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/02/09/44029.html 2023-02-12 Sahrawi Press Service en A new government was presented on 14 February 2023, together with the appointment of new governors for the five wilayas (regions) and the administrative camp of the Sahrawi refugee camps.2023-02-14 الرئيس ابراهيم غالي يصدر مرسوما رئاسيا يتضمن تشكيلة الحكومة الجديدة President Brahim Ghali issues a presidential decree that includes the composition of the new government https://spsrasd.info/news/ar/articles/2023/02/14/44114.html 2023-02-14 Sahrawi Press Service ar References Category:Congress of the Polisario Front POLISARIO Sahrawi Republic Congress Polisario Category:2023 conferences Category:January 2023 elections Category:January 2023 in Africa