The serious situation that Ceuta is suffering after the massive assault on the border on July 30 and 31 exacerbates the debate and political confrontation in Congress and the Senate. The respective plenary sessions of the Chambers focus on the crisis, on the Government's management, criticized by the majority of political formations that see Pedro Sánchez "blackmailed" by Rabat, and on the hindering and electoral attitude, according to the Executive, of the opposition.
The popular ones propose returning all illegal immigrants to Morocco and reinforcing the presence of the State Security Corps and Forces. The PSOE responds by accusing the PP of "trying to prolong the crisis in Ceuta to obtain electoral benefits" and "sowing hatred and confrontation." In parallel, in Congress the debate and vote on the decree is heating up, which includes measures to try to solve the situation that Ceuta is experiencing and recover its economy.
The PP charges against the Government and its management that now seriously affects women and minors who suffer sexual violence and the PSOE responds by demanding that the Ceuta authorities fulfill their obligation to protect minors and the popular CCAA, to welcome them. The PP remembers that "Ceuta asked for help again and again and was ignored" and also how "Sánchez spoke of an attack on territorial integrity and then went on vacation."
The popular ones also point out that Rabat has claimed to want the return of all its nationals and in that sense they wonder what the Government is waiting for and urge the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, to keep his word that they will all be returned. Albares has assured to maintain everything he said but, from the PP, he is replied: "If the dead did not return, how are the living going to do so?" In addition, they attack the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, for not defending the CNI, which the Government discredits by ensuring that it did not transmit the alerts about the avalanche. Robles, now fully aligned with La Moncloa's arguments, accuses the Popular Party of only trying to attack the Government.
Marlaska, for his part, has insisted in the Senate that no one foresaw the avalanche and that "there was no context and no warning" that would lead to the assumption of something like this. The Minister of the Interior accuses the Popular Party of "provoking and encouraging a feeling of insecurity" among the people of Ceuta. The PP reminds him that the declassified reports say the opposite and reproaches him for his "lack of dignity" for not resigning. Marlaska has stated in the Upper House that he is willing to continue in the Government "to confront" the PP. The popular bench has responded in chorus with an insistent "resignation, resignation."
Vox has demanded the direct expulsion of all immigrants, that the "invasion" be considered a case of "hybrid war" and that the Armed Forces and the State Security Forces be provided with "clear rules of engagement" to guarantee that this does not happen again. This group maintains that the "traitor" Government is "submitted to Morocco" and predicts that, at the rate at which the files are processed, "it will take years" to solve the problem. Abascal's party also accuses the PP of "lukewarmness."
The PSOE, for its part, demands "solidarity", "responsibility", "coordination" and a "joint response from the Government of Spain, Ceuta and the CCAA". In his opinion, the PP, as Senator Carmela Silva has pointed out, has "a despicable political objective" which is to "fuel confrontation and generate a climate of agitation, destabilizing coexistence and provoking hatred of migrants."
UPN reproaches the Government for "flooding" and the president for not having heard "a single word about the situation experienced by women and girls, both Ceuta and immigrants." María Mar Caballero regrets that the Executive "tries to blame everything that happened on others."
The PNV recalls that sexual violence is also being suffered by migrant girls and women. Basque nationalists insist that everyone, Ceuta residents and immigrants, have the right to protection. They advocate providing Ceuta with the resources it needs to face this situation.
Junts describes the situation in the autonomous city as "very serious" but insists that the crimes "are individual" and not all immigrants can be criminalized. Junts thus once again requests the transfer of immigration powers to Catalonia.
ERC recognizes that a Government that claims to be feminist "cannot look the other way" with what is happening in Ceuta but also accuses the PP of "instrumentalizing" attacks on women.
