Five calls from the King since the beginning of the migration crisis compared to a single call from Pedro Sánchez. The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, has today offered new details of what the communication between his government and Moncloa was like since, on the eve of the avalanche of immigrants, they contacted the Presidential Cabinet to warn of an unusual increase in the number of people who were entering by swimming through the Tarajal border. After several unsuccessful attempts to convey the seriousness of the situation, Sánchez called Vivas on July 30, when the crossing was already massive.
Since then, it is "the only call I have received from the President of the Government." On the other hand, Vivas has also stressed that in these two months since the "invasion", the King has called him five times, the last one this morning, to inform him of the date of his visit to Ceuta, which will take place on the 13th of this month.
"This is a very important visit for Ceuta and for Spain and the support of the Head of State for the cause of Ceuta, which is the cause of Spain, will be demonstrated." "He called me this morning to tell me and it is the fifth time he has called me. There is no State authority more interested and involved than the King," said Vivas in Seville, after meeting with the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno.
The president of Ceuta has insisted on pointing out that the calls he made "to Moncloa" between July 27 and 30 "are recorded." "At eight thirty in the morning of the 27th" the first one occurred to "convey the difficult situation we were experiencing." "That call was answered by the president's chief of staff, and in that answer he told us that he was on the matter, that he was going to contact the competent ministries, and more or less that we should be calm." "That same day, at approximately one in the afternoon, we called again and Sánchez's chief of staff answered again, and "told us that he was still working on it, but that he needed time." Four more calls were made in the afternoon and "none were answered." Around eight "we put a message" that "was answered by the cabinet director, telling us that the communication we needed had to be obtained through the Government Delegation in Ceuta." "They were more or less telling us, or that's how we interpreted it," that "don't call here anymore, that we have nothing to say here, except what the Government delegate says, who is our interlocutor with the city government in relation to this crisis."
Finally, Vivas explained that on July 30, when "the invasion" of the autonomous city took place, he called "Moncloa, and at 12:00 the cabinet director answered us saying that the president had no reason to talk to me, that it was an immigration matter and that, therefore, it was being treated in a due and appropriate manner." "At 1:00 p.m.", however, Sánchez called Vivas: "It is the only call I have received from the President of the Government," Vivas added.
The presidents of Ceuta and Andalusia have ratified today in Seville the strategy that both the PP and the autonomous communities it governs have deployed since the beginning of the humanitarian crisis unleashed on July 30: there will be no distribution of immigrants to the Peninsula because the priority is the return of all those who entered irregularly through the Tarajal border: "The only way to return to normality is the return to Morocco of all those who arrived," said Juan Jesús. Vivas during an appearance led by Juanma Moreno at the San Telmo Palace in Seville after a summit between institutions from both autonomous communities.
Vivas and Moreno have presented a commitment to mutual support in economic, tourist and cultural matters, which includes a new regular maritime connection between Ceuta and the port of Malaga, in addition to the application of 25% discounts on the ferry that connects the autonomous city with the Peninsula.
