The case of phone tapping practiced by the Kingdom of Morocco via the Israeli-made spyware, Pegasus, resurfaces. Rabat would have succeeded in making Madrid change its position on the question of the Sahara thanks to compromising telephone tapping on the wife of Pedro Sanchez, head of the Spanish government.
It was last March that Spain, against all odds, changed its position on the question of its former colony, Western Sahara. The government of Pedro Sanchez has, in fact, judged the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara as being “the most serious, realistic and credible basis for resolving the dispute”. A 180-degree turn of the government of the Iberian kingdom which triggered consternation within the Spanish political class which speaks of an unprecedented diplomatic disaster.
While the question of what could have pushed the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, to take such a decision which put Spain in an uncomfortable situation, the question of telephone tapping is raised. Among the phone conversations of Pedro Sanchez, who admitted that his phone had been hacked, would include very compromising information, some of which implicated his wife, Maghreb Online reveals. Listening that Morocco would have used to obtain from Spain a change of posture on Western Sahara affirms the Algerian media.
Listening likely to influence Pedro Sanchez in favor of Morocco
The newspaper goes further, estimating that these wiretappings were likely to influence Pedro Sanchez in his decision-making in favor of Morocco. Quoting the newspapers La Razón and El Mundo among the titles which evoked the direct responsibility of the Moroccan services in carrying out these illegal wiretappings, the media recalled that the Spanish Popular Party asked for the “creation of an ad hoc commission on the tapping of Pegasus and their possible impact on the decision of Pedro Sanchez”. For now, Morocco and Spain have passed the crisis phase and maintain good relations.
Furthermore, it had been indicated that this Spanish recognition of the Moroccan status of Western Sahara was subject to several conditions, among which Rabat’s respect for Spanish territorial integrity, which implies that Rabat should stop setting its sights on the enclaves. from Ceuta and Mellila. But also and above all, the management of the migration issue. Morocco having made use of this phenomenon of migration as a means of pressure on Spain, which has now taken steps to limit flows to Spain.
