Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
It names Arabic as the national language and Islam as the state religion, and grants every citizen freedom of speech and the right to property.Presently, however, the constitution ties the SADR to the Polisario Front, which is working to establish an independent Western Sahara.For example, the Secretary General of the Polisario Front (now Brahim Ghali) is constitutionally identical to the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, until the achievement of independence.Among other things, the constitution details a transitional phase after independence has been declared (see articles 130–133, Chapter Three [1]) in which the POLISARIO is detached from the republic and transformed into a political party among others.The Sahrawi people – an Arab, African and Muslim people – who decided to launch their liberation war in 1973, under the leadership of the POLISARIO Front, to liberate their country from colonialism – and end the occupation – resolute in that way in a long resistance in which they have never stopped during their history to defend their liberty and their dignity, proclaim: The following is an English translation of the 1999 version General principles of the Constitution of the SADR.