A Hidden Power Move
the timing of this event is suspect
This post was not planned. There are times where events take place in certain countries that create interest in why the event took place and even who benefits from the timing of such an event. Not to mention, the conspiracy theories that are created are often entertaining as well.
There are instances when elections in Africa draw major international interest. Often that comes from the International News Outlets, often it comes from intelligence services or other nefarious actors that have an agenda which they need to be victorious. Often these actions are on the covert side of the action scale.
However, the events that took place towards the end of July will draw copious amounts of attention to an election that takes place next month.
The world was stunned by the images that originated from the Spanish enclave of Cueta. Several thousand people stormed across the border from Morocco. The chaos led to dozens of people being killed during the event. The event ended abruptly and that is where the questions began. Notably who was behind this event? And an even better question why now?
Why now questions may be easier to answer first. On September 23rd, the country will head to the polls to elect 395 new members of the House of Representatives. Under this system, 198 seats are needed to form a majority government. The current leadership is a coalition government comprised of the National Rally of Independents, the Istiqlal Party and the Authenticity and Modernity Party. The leader of the National Rally of Independents Aziz Akhannouch is the current Prime Minister after being nominated by King Mohammed VI.
This is where the speculation begins to run rife. There were accusations that the Moroccan Government orchestrated the incursion either on behest of U.S. President Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It is true that Morocco signed onto the Abraham Accords in recent years this arguement screams of a party seeking an issue to use against the current coalition in the upcoming elections.
Another argument is that the incursion happened to punish the current left-wing Government in Spain led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The current Government has been accused by many detractors of having a pro-Hamas and anti-Israel bias. Tensions between Rabat and Madrid remain high as the current Spanish Government also supports the Algerian position regarding the future of the Spanish Sahara (Rio de Oro) during the negotiations between the two North African neighbors.
In contrast the country has been welcoming to some of the migrant activity by proving as a point of ingress to the European Union. Migration has been a historic source of tensions between Rabat and Madrid going back to the dying days of the regime of Francisco Franco and the authoritarian government.
However, there have been some interesting charges regarding the recent incursion. Hundreds of individuals claim to have received a text message stating that the border crossings were open. That itself suggests that it wasn’t the Moroccan Government that sent the texts. At the very least this would be an unforced error and why take this action weeks before an election? Now an opposition party or even some criminal elements may be behind this. If there is some form of controversy such as a delay in the release of the polls results or if there is a runoff, an opportunity, then presents itself that would be exploited to their advantage.
As a result of the events at Cuelta there will be more people showing some interest now in these polls. To some it is obvious that there is an entity pulling the strings behind the scenes. Then the question to be asked is which party and candidate do they prefer in power?