
The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has accused the Government of Spain of negligence in the face of the massive arrival of migrants to Ceuta at the end of July, stating that it was an action coordinated by the Moroccan secret services and criticizing President Pedro Sánchez for being on vacation during the crisis, while ensuring that Spain is alone and without international defense.
AI-generated summary
A finales de julio de 2024, miles de migrantes ingresaron a Ceuta desde Marruecos en una de las entradas masivas más grandes registradas en los últimos años, lo que generó una crisis humanitaria y de seguridad en la frontera sur de España.
The President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, demanded accountability in Ceuta this Saturday following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the end of last July, which was "coordinated," in her opinion, by the Moroccan secret services and the "cheeky guy of La Mareta," in reference to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the official holiday residence in Lanzarote.
The regional leader expressed this at a political kickoff event alongside the national PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, in Getafe, where she criticized the President of the Government for being on vacation while more reports showed that this massive arrival of people "was seen coming and was known."
"But what did the Government prefer to do? Despise the people of Ceuta, whom they now call racists. Mind you! The people of Ceuta are racists, when it is an example of coexistence, of cultures like in few places in Spain. You know that when you are in Ceuta and you are in Melilla," she emphasized.
Thus, she criticized that, in the meantime, the Government has "the nerve to insult them" and say they are "racists and far-right." "It is always the same, as happened during the DANA storm, looking for fascists everywhere, when the responsible parties are always the same. And on top of that, they submit to a dictatorship. Seeing is believing," she noted.
Harsh criticism of Sánchez
It is for this reason that the head of the Madrid Executive criticized Sánchez for "doing nothing" and "denying reality" because "the truth does not suit him," choosing instead to "look for scapegoats and pass the buck." In addition, she lashed out at a Government that "has colonized everything" because it is "the most anti-democratic thing that the country has ever known," attacking "the separation of powers so that nothing puts limits on it."
"There is a coordinated action from Rabat, but nothing, they leave us alone before the eyes of the world. And what has been proven? That Spain is alone, that Spain has no international defense," warned the Madrid president, who censured him for "acting cocky" toward the US and abandoning "the Sahara and Algeciras" while Melilla and the Canary Islands are also threatened again.
However, Díaz Ayuso insisted that the coalition Government is not going to break up because "in their bloody lives" have they seen themselves in this situation with an "official car and getting paid without working." "And in the case of the far left, they know that when the elections come, they are going to go into opposition and stop getting paid," she stated.
In the same vein, she criticized Sánchez for being increasingly "obsessed with lying" and, as can be seen "every day and every minute," with her. "If I were Begoña, I would be suspicious," she expressed.
She reproached him for being "on vacation" while the crisis was occurring in Ceuta and blurted out that "he has no right to a vacation." "When you have a responsibility, that comes before your right to a vacation. What do you mean, right to a vacation? If things are bad, you stay with your people. And when things get sorted out, like any family head, then you'll go if you can. There is no right to a vacation while Spain sinks. There is no right to sink Spain and abandon it," she pointed out.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
El Gobierno de España aumentará la presencia de fuerzas de seguridad en la frontera de Ceuta en las próximas semanas.
Likely · Within weeks
Habrá nuevas tensiones diplomáticas entre España y Marruecos debido a las acusaciones de coordinación de los servicios secretos.
Likely · Within weeks
El PP seguirá utilizando la crisis de Ceuta como argumento político contra el Gobierno de Sánchez en los próximos meses.
Very likely · Within months

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