The Government has accepted the requests for the appearance of four ministers in Congress for the end of August – between August 25 and 28 – and, shortly after, the PP has responded by summoning three of those Government members to give explanations for the crisis triggered in Ceuta from August 12. Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s party has also been requesting since July 31 that Pedro Sánchez appear to answer deputies’ questions about the entry of more than 70,000 immigrants from Morocco into Ceuta.
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In this regard, the first appearance scheduled in the Senate will be that of Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Wednesday the 12th. Margarita Robles will appear on Thursday the 13th and José Manuel Albares has been summoned on Monday, August 17, according to PP sources. In addition, the convening of the Joint National Security Commission has also been requested for Félix Bolaños to appear.
According to the same sources, Marlaska and Robles will have to explain “why their ministries allowed the illegal entry of 70,000 people if the CNI had warned of that risk in the previous days.” Albares must answer why he “preferred to recall the Italian ambassador” after proposing to close the Schengen area with Spain “instead of asking Morocco for explanations.” “Now, he must explain why he made that decision and what the substance of the cooperation with Morocco is, which he so praised in the days following the invasion,” the PP adds.
For Bolaños, there is no date yet, but the PP wants him to appear to explain why “the Government abruptly dismissed the National Security official, dependent on his department, for reporting the illegal entry of thousands of people into Ceuta on the agency’s website.” “In this Government, transparency is punished to cover up negligence,” PP sources point out.
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“The very serious situation that Ceuta is going through requires an immediate response from the Government in parliament and that it does not prolong its silence and beach vacations any longer,” the PP states, adding that “it cannot be that it intends to give explanations at the end of August, almost a month after one of the biggest security crises our country has suffered.”
In this regard, the Government has informed today that four ministers will appear at the end of August: specifically, on August 25 it will be the turn of the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes on the 27th, and the Ministers of the Interior and Foreign Affairs on the 28th, in their respective commissions.
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