Podemos Ceuta renounces the opening and closing campaign events for the November 29 elections due to the "profound abnormality" in the city

Podemos Ceuta has announced that it will forgo celebrating the traditional opening and closing campaign events for the general elections on the upcoming 29th, a decision that the party directly links to the “profound abnormality” that, it claims, the city has been experiencing since the arrival and permanence of thousands of migrants since late July.

In a statement, the candidacy, which is running in Ceuta for both the Congress and the Senate, explains that it does not want to contribute to projecting an “image of institutional and social normality” that it considers “non-existent”, in a context it describes as exceptional and still marked by the consequences of recent events.

The party also states that it does not wish to be part of the electoral “media game” nor “play into the hands of the PSOE, much less the PP”, and criticizes the political framework that, in its opinion, is being constructed by the right and far-right, with hate speeches referring to immigrants as “invaders”.

Criticism of immigration discourses and defense of human rights

Podemos Ceuta maintains that during recent events there have been “condemnable episodes that have undermined the rights of immigrants”, and argues that human rights and legal guarantees must be placed above any electoral calculation, at a time when the social and political situation of the city continues to condition the campaign.

Podemos renuncia a los actos de inicio y cierre de campaña para denunciar la falta de normalidad en Ceuta https://t.co/jEkBkZ4Lpn

— Podemos Ceuta (@PodemosCeuta) November 12, 2026

Rejection of "abuse" against journalists

The renunciation of electoral events also responds, according to the party, to its intention to avoid the "abuse" towards media professionals during the campaign.

In this section, Podemos Ceuta criticizes some political parties for treating journalists as "butlers at their service" and demands that they be able to carry out their work in "adequate conditions, also respecting their schedules and their free time", in a campaign marked by political tension and by the exceptionality that, in the opinion of the candidacy, the autonomous city continues to experience.