The Popular Party launches a political offensive in the Senate and will disapprove five Government ministers in the first plenary session of September for not having "risen to the occasion" in the Ceuta crisis. They will be the ministers of the Interior, Foreign Affairs, Defense, Health and Equality. This was announced by the PP spokesperson in the Upper House, Alicia García, who has also not ruled out launching a "judicial offensive" to settle responsibilities for everything that happened in the autonomous city and the "abandonment of the Government's functions" for not going to give explanations to the Senate, as claimed by the main opposition party.
The disapproval will be given to the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, for "leaving the border without reinforcements despite the warnings that existed of what was going to happen" and maintaining that normality had arrived in 24 hours when "20 days later they are still not at that normality." Also to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, because the Spanish "still do not know what Morocco's role has been, what has been negotiated and in exchange for what" and to the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, for not appearing before the Senate after "Sanchez's order" not to do so.
They will also condemn the actions of the Minister of Health, Mónica García, for not reinforcing the Ingesa (National Institute for Health Management) "when necessary", denying the health collapse and for "confusing managing the crisis with visiting it." Finally, the Senate will reprove the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, because despite the fact that "sexual assaults have multiplied by eight," she maintained that the girls "were not wandering" around the city and were in "safe spaces." He did it, as the popular spokesperson has reproached, "without setting foot in" Ceuta and from "a violet point in the festivities of a town in Valladolid." "This is not equality policy, although we already know that it is banner and salon politics," he continued.
The Popular Party summoned Marlaska, Albares and Robles to the Senate to give their respective explanations within the framework of their powers regarding the massive entry into Ceuta. However, all of them were absent and presented, at their own request, their request to appear in the other chamber: the Congress of Deputies. García wanted to make it clear to "dismantle the Government's alibi" that the registration of the request for appearances by the Popular Party in the Upper House occurred before. "They set up a parallel calendar, tailored to their needs, when they want, where it suits them and when they have finished their vacations," he criticized. The round of appearances in Congress of seven ministers will start on August 25, with the intervention of Margarita Robles, and will culminate on the 31st with Sira Rego; when one month has passed since the massive assault on Ceuta.
"The Senate is going to give names and surnames to each of the empty chairs because the Government stood idly by when Ceuta was invaded," the popular spokesperson insisted. It should be remembered that this is not the first time that this chamber has disapproved of Government ministers: it has already done so on a dozen occasions. The record is held by the head of Transportation, Óscar Puente, with four failures, followed by Marlaska, with a couple. Rejection was also expressed to Félix Bolaños, José Manuel Albares, María Jesús Montero, Ana Redondo, Mónica García and Isabel Rodríguez. And these five will be added thanks to the absolute majority that the PP has in the Senate, which will allow these disapprovals to be carried out for "not being up to par" in the Ceuta crisis.
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