Sánchez faces criticism for his management of the migration crisis in Ceuta during August

August has been a bad month for Pedro Sánchez. What should have been a period of relative calm, with the courts and courts closed for holidays, has become a nightmare due to what happened in Ceuta. In August, the Government has escaped the wear and tear of the multiple judicial actions underway and the interpellations in Congress and the Senate, but its reflexes have failed in the face of the Ceuta crisis.

Sánchez has experienced all kinds of calamities in his years in government, read the covid, the La Palma volcano, the electricity blackout, the Valencia disaster or the forest fires. in all stood out for its quick and, in some cases, innovative reaction to when managing aid to those affected. For this reason, it draws attention, as in the case of Ceuta, after reacting quickly to the Appearing there for 24 hours, he disappeared from public space for the entire month, it took 26 days to convene the National Security Council, he could not stop the image of a Government divided by disputes between the Interior and Defense, and he left a highway for the opposition to criticize him.

The problem of what is happening in Ceuta is very serious. Imagine if the nearly 70,000 migrants who decided to return to Morocco on their own had stayed there. It is more than a humanitarian crisis.

Sánchez's great capital has always been the management of his government. The cases of corruption and the lack of parliamentary support that prevent him from presenting budgets are weights that suffocate him. It can only survive if it provides good economic growth data and a good balance of its ministerial performance. If this fails, it is easy for the image transmitted by the Executive to be that of a burned-out government, whose reflexes are failing, and which sees the time for goodbye approaching. On the other hand, the Sánchez we know is the rebel, the one who grows in the face of adversity and offers unexpected solutions to complex problems. In Ceuta, it seems that there has been overconfidence and poor application of solutions. The last political course before the elections begins now and there is less and less time to rectify.