On November 2, 2025, the political circle of the Justice and Spirituality Movement issued a statement regarding developments in the Western Sahara file, titled “The Security Council Decision, Basis of Territorial Unity, Demand for Democracy, and Rejection of Bargaining on Recognition for Normalization.”
An objective reading of what the movement has issued, along with the positions and messages conveyed within the statement, clearly reveals blatant contradictions. This reflects the current state of the organization and the impasse faced by its leaders, highlighting a condition of suffocation and weakness, and the erosion of factors for attraction and persuasion. All these indicators point to the misguided choices and vision that have entrenched the movement, as its discourse, rooted in outdated methodologies of negative confrontation and devaluation of institutional work without providing clear and practical answers, employs methods of incitement and street agitation. This confines the organization to a vision of today’s Morocco through the lens of yesterday, maintaining a tactic of lurking and waiting for a significant event to capitalize on.
The political stance articulated by the movement in this communicative form carries clear contradictions resulting from choices characterized by futility, which undermine the right of society to use public spaces to express its support for its constitutional institutions, and to convey gratitude for the royal institution’s commitment to preserving Morocco’s historical borders.
What has been interpolated in the text of the statement with claims of the movement’s belief in territorial integrity and care for national unity and the interests of its people is refuted by contradictions woven between the lines of its presentation as follows:
– The reference to trivial embellishments in the first paragraph of the statement reflects a troubled psychological state among the movement’s elite, who have failed to comprehend the support and endorsement received by what they label as the state apparatus, in light of the historic resolution from the Security Council affirming Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and the public’s protests, which the movement considers an exclusive showcase of its supposed numerical strength.
– The mention of “the Sahara” without the qualifier “Moroccan” represents a grey stance on a national issue that constitutes a red line for the Moroccan nation and a consensus that strengthens national cohesion, disallowing any politicization or exploitation.
– The statement’s reference to the efforts of the United Nations and its role in avoiding the outbreak of war, without acknowledging the role of the Kingdom through the wisdom and foresight of His Majesty the King, who through that vision and a diplomacy characterized by emotional steadiness and strategic patience has protected its historical rights, underscores the diminishing regard for the efforts of existing institutions, in alignment with their persistent slogan of “we are the opposite.”
– The movement’s exploitation of a historic event supportive of Morocco’s ascent and linking it to urgent societal issues that are subjects of measures and extensive discussions, taken in light of the Kingdom’s reform process, aims to distract from the essence of the Security Council’s decision supporting Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, attempting to mislead public opinion by shifting focus from the achieved accomplishment to issues related to national policies, alleging that the Sahara issue is being utilized to cover the country’s crises, which constitutes a blatant political exploitation of the Moroccan Sahara cause.
– The erosion of the movement’s allure and the sterility of its discourse, alongside its promotion of an outdated narrative, undermine the legitimacy of its slogans and leave unaddressed the internal inquiries regarding “what comes next?”
– The state of despair, bankruptcy, and regression experienced by the movement is evidenced by the statement’s invocation of the Palestinian issue and attempts to touch the emotions of Moroccans, by surreptitiously inserting the issue of normalization within the broader national concern, as a cunning political maneuver to undermine the tremendous efforts of state institutions.
The significant public interaction expressed by the Moroccan people, individually or through their organizations and civil forces, in support of their institutions, particularly the royal institution, represented a distinctive historic event that fostered unity between the throne and the people. This derailed the calculations of those lurking, to the extent of losing their composure and faltering into contradictions, as evidenced by the movement’s statement.
