The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, stated this Tuesday, October 13, that the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, should have deployed the Army to the border to "guarantee Spain's security," after the entry of Moroccan warships into the waters of Ceuta became known, coinciding with the massive arrival of immigrants, and he has also accused him of not giving explanations in Parliament and of "lying."
"The Army should have been deployed to the border"
In an interview on esRadio, Feijóo stated that, at that moment, if Morocco "did not abort that operation," the "logical" thing would have been to make it clear that Spain was going to mobilize the Army at the border. "And therefore, I reiterate, the Army should have been deployed to the border to guarantee the integrity of our country," said the opposition leader.
The popular leader made these statements a day after Pedro Sánchez himself admitted, in a conversation with journalists at the Royal Palace, that Moroccan ships entered the waters of Ceuta, as published by El País.
Criticism for the political management of the issue
Feijóo insisted that "the issues of a country's sovereignty are dealt with at the seat of a country's sovereignty," and defended that, if a situation of this type occurs, the President of the Government must appear, "not lie," explain to the Chamber what happened and propose what measures should be adopted. In this context, he denounced the "frivolity in matters of State" that, in his opinion, the Executive shows.
The leader of the PP stressed that with Morocco it is necessary to maintain a relationship of "loyalty" and "good neighborliness," but also of "firmness," because, he said, territorial integrity "is not negotiated." "And Morocco must know this, and any country must know this," he remarked.
In his speech, Feijóo placed Ceuta as "the accreditation of the indolence, frivolity, and failure to fulfill an essential duty of a Government and a president, which is to guarantee the territorial integrity of their country." He also reproached Sánchez for describing those days as "very difficult" and yet going on vacation afterwards to La Mareta, in Lanzarote.
The CNI report and Judge María Tardón
Feijóo also said that he does not know why the Government "blew that information" this Monday, while recalling that the judge of the Audiencia Nacional, María Tardón, who is investigating the massive entry into Ceuta, "is waiting for the CNI (National Intelligence Center) report," although that document "has not yet arrived."
As he warned, if that report is not submitted, the responsibility will fall on the Ministry of Defense, on the Council of Ministers, or on both. In that sense, he reiterated that the Government "has to send those reports to the judge of the Audiencia Nacional" and insisted that "it cannot be that through a newspaper we find out that there are warships from a country that has invaded us in Spanish jurisdictional waters."
Feijóo also alluded to Sánchez's "fears" and recounted that a former PSOE official told him that "there are economic interests" of socialist leaders and former leaders with Morocco. "Well, everything seems to indicate that yes," he added.
