The Minister of Finance of Ceuta accuses the Government of Spain and Morocco of passivity in the face of the migration crisis

The Minister of Finance of Ceuta, Kissy Chandiramani, starred in a tough intervention behind closed doors in the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council, as EL MUNDO has been able to reconstruct. In the presence of the Minister of Finance, Arcadi España, and the sole leader in the crisis, Ángel Víctor Torres, the woman from Ceuta gave a version opposite to that offered the day before by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in his appearance in Congress. The socialist denied significant warnings from the president of the Ceuta government, Juan Vivas, in the days before the invasion of the autonomous city, but Chandiramani assured that there were some.

«Since July 27, we have been demanding from the Government of Spain the declaration of a National Security emergency, the closure of the border, more human, material and technological resources, a forceful response to the seriousness of the situation and the designation of a single command. We contacted those who have the obligation to protect their citizens, we warned that something was happening and the response was clear; "don't be alarmed, it's what happens every summer." "They told us the same thing on July 29." This is how the counselor expressed herself, confirming Vivas, according to the version provided to this newspaper by the senior Ceuta official and corroborated by witnesses.

She protested the passivity of the central and Moroccan Government: "Who did not take measures? Who ordered to keep the doors open for 48 hours? Why did the Moroccan police not stop this act of hybrid war until after 2 days? Are relations with Morocco not so satisfactory for the Government? Why is the safety of 83,000 Spaniards left in the hands of Morocco, a country that wants us?"

This Spaniard of Indian origin, who graduated in Law in Madrid and Paris, took advantage of the forum to demand "very urgent financing" from Arcadi Spain after the little received until now. «To those who have to lead the management of this sovereignty crisis, with all the pain in my heart, I have to tell you that they have not been up to the task. The media, all types of media, have attacked us, and they have even come to Ceuta to call us and describe us as racists and xenophobes, troublemakers, exaggerated. "Ceuta can't take it anymore, we are on the brink of the abyss and we don't see the light at the end of the tunnel," he stated before the ministers. And he added: "The humiliation to which Morocco has subjected us is more than evident, what you subject us to, time will determine it."

According to the witnesses consulted, España and Torres avoided the collision. The Minister of Finance later assured in a press conference that he had guaranteed the Ceuta counselor that he would have these means available.

The counselor voted against the new financing model: «I don't need to explain that we need extraordinary financing, due to our uniqueness, due to our border situation. We have been demanding it for years, and our needs are not met in this new financing system. Now we will also need extraordinary and very urgent financing to assume the management of the services within our competence, which have had to be doubled or tripled in some cases, because if we add to this serious situation the bankruptcy of the local treasury, the disaster will be total.