The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, thanked the Kings, Felipe VI and Letizia, this Tuesday for their visit to the autonomous city, a presence that, he stressed, brings "hope" to the people of Ceuta at a time when, he said, they need it more than ever.
In an interview on Herrera en COPE, Vivas recalled that residents have been living for two months "in a tunnel with no exit" and insisted that the arrival of the Kings represents moral support for a population that continues to face the consequences of the migratory crisis.
"The visit of the Kings brings hope to a place that greatly needs hope. Therefore, our gratitude to the Kings, along with our affection," claimed the Ceuta president.
"Ceuta continues to live in an absolutely unsustainable situation"
Vivas explained that nearly 15,000 people out of the more than 80,000 who entered Ceuta on July 30 and 31 from Morocco still remain in the city, a figure that he reiterated represents about 20 percent of the entire population of Ceuta.
"Therefore, Ceuta continues to live in an absolutely unsustainable situation," he stated, while warning that residents remain "on edge" because they do not know "when" the migratory crisis will end or if a similar situation will be repeated.
According to the president of the autonomous city, this scenario has turned Ceuta into a "pressure cooker" that, at any moment, "can explode," and he recalled that the inhabitants have lost "security, tranquility, and freedom."
To return to normality, Vivas defended as necessary "the return to Morocco of all those who arrived massively, irregularly, and illegally," as well as that everything "vital" for the city should not depend on "any third party."
The migratory crisis, in the electoral campaign debate
Asked about the presence of this crisis in the electoral debate opened by the general elections on November 29, Juan Jesús Vivas maintained that it is "necessary" for Ceuta to be part of the campaign because, in his opinion, Spain "cannot live apart from what has happened."
"We are experiencing the most serious national security crisis in the entire democracy. Therefore, it must be part of the electoral debate," snapped the Ceuta president.
Vivas also criticized the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, for not having fulfilled, in his opinion, his "constitutional obligations" to protect the "territorial integrity of Spain" and the rights of the 83,000 Spaniards who live in the autonomous city.
"I believe that the general elections are an opportunity for that to change," insisted the president, in a speech in which he also showed his explicit support for his party's candidate, the popular Alberto Núñez Feijóo.
