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ROCKVILLE, Md., March 14, 2016 /Standard Newswire/ -- Over a million Moroccans protested in Rabat on Sunday, March 13, 2016, as a reaction to Ban Ki-moon's statements against Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara during his recent visit to the Polisario-run camps located near Tindouf in southwest Algeria.
This unprecedented show of public anger was encouraged by political parties, unions and civil society organizations who called for a popular march to reaffirm the national consensus on Morocco's territorial integrity.
The march started at 10 am local time from Bab Chellah. There was so many people that some of Rabat's biggest streets, avenues and squares, like the Mohammed V avenue or the Achouhadae Square, barely contained the flow.
Participants, who came from all the regions of Morocco, condemned comments delivered last week by the UN Chief on the Sahara issue.
Marchers were holding portraits of Morocco's King Mohammed VI and the Moroccan flag during this huge rally.
In a statement released last week, the Moroccan Government accused U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of dropping his neutrality in the Western Sahara conflict by using the word "occupation" to describe Morocco's presence in the region.
Ban Ki-Moon's statements are "politically inappropriate, unprecedented in the annals of his predecessors and contrary to the resolutions of the Security Council," said the statement, adding that "the use of such terminology has no political or legal basis and is an insult to the Moroccan Government and people."
