The pressure from the Popular Party on the Government does not cease due to the migratory crisis in Ceuta and will use its absolute majority in the Senate to censure, in the first plenary session of September, the ministers Fernando Grande-Marlaska (Interior), José Manuel Albares (Foreign Affairs), Margarita Robles (Defense), Mónica García (Health) and Ana Redondo (Equality).
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The announcement coincides with the visit that Alberto Núñez Feijóo will make this Wednesday to the autonomous city and sets the tone for the start of the political season. The PP spokesperson in the Upper House, Alicia García, framed the initiative as a response to the “umpteenth snub” of the Executive and warned that “empty seats in the Senate cannot go unpunished” in the face of what she described as a Government seeking a “gagged, emptied and paralyzed” Chamber.
The PP maintains that what happened in Ceuta was not “just another incident,” but “a premeditated and unprecedented occupation” to which the Executive did not respond in time. In her breakdown of responsibilities, García reproached Marlaska for declaring the crisis resolved in 24 hours when the city is still far from normality, demanded that Albares clarify Morocco’s role in the negotiations, and criticized Robles for ultimately not attending the Upper House after announcing her appearance.
Likewise, she held Mónica García responsible for the “healthcare collapse” due to lack of reinforcements and Ana Redondo for not having set foot in Ceuta despite, according to the PP, sexual assaults having multiplied eightfold.
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The parliamentary offensive has had its political response in Málaga, where the party’s national spokesperson, Elías Bendodo, lashed out at Pedro Sánchez’s “coldness” for staying on vacation amid “the greatest crisis experienced” and assured that in the autonomous city “there are still more than 10,000 campers.”
After accusing the Executive of lacking the capacity to solve the problem and only seeking to “silence those who denounce,” Bendodo openly called for the calling of general elections, positioning the migratory crisis as one of the main fronts of confrontation of the PP against La Moncloa.
Return of all immigrants
The PP spokesperson in the Senate, Alicia García, has defended that “all illegal migrants in Ceuta be returned” to Morocco, including minors, in application of the Migration and Asylum Pact. According to García, children should be taken in by their families or, failing that, by the child protection system of their country.
The popular leader has demanded that the Government expedite the return procedures and has questioned the transfer to the Peninsula of about 500 vulnerable migrant girls under the guardianship of protection organizations. García has assured that Morocco is considered a safe country for these returns and has reproached the Executive for not using European resources such as a reinforcement of Frontex. “Within the Government there are as many positions as ministries,” she joked, referring to the differences between ministers Elma Saiz and Sira Rego.
