Feijóo points to Morocco for the "attack" on Ceuta, accuses Sánchez and demands elections: "He knew it and covered it up"

Alberto Núñez Feijóo has escalated his offensive against the Government this Wednesday from Ceuta and has held Morocco responsible for having consented to and coordinated the massive entry of more than 70,000 people recorded on July 30 and 31. The leader of the PP has described what happened as an "attack" and has directly accused Pedro Sánchez of knowing the prior warnings and concealing them.

"The Government knew it and covered it up. It has lied to our faces," Feijóo stated after participating, along with the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, in the institutional act for Ceuta Day. It was his third visit to the autonomous city since the beginning of the crisis.

The leader of the opposition has maintained that the Executive received warnings on July 27, 28, and 29 and that it "disregarded all reports." He has also accused the Government of being responsible for the consequences of the crisis, among which he mentioned "death and invasion," and has expressed his support for the National Police and intelligence services because, he argued, "they did fulfill their obligations."

Feijóo has taken as valid the information published about the document prepared by the National Center for Immigration and Borders (CENIF), although he has acknowledged that the PP does not have that report. "The operation came from Morocco, was consented to by Morocco, and everything seems to indicate that it was coordinated by Morocco," he assured.

Demands diplomatic measures against Morocco

Based on that interpretation, Feijóo has demanded that the Moroccan ambassador to Spain be summoned "immediately" to offer explanations and to learn about initial response measures. He has also asked to recall the Spanish ambassador in Rabat for consultations with the aim of studying the decisions the Government should adopt.

The president of the PP has avoided specifying the scope of these measures and has assured that they will depend on the explanations offered by Morocco. "I will not anticipate or specify anything further out of responsibility. We are a state party," he stated in his declarations.

Feijóo has also called for general elections, considering that Sánchez "is not in a position to guarantee the country's security." The popular leader has accused the Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, of questioning his own subordinates by requesting explanations in writing from the Director General of the Police regarding the existence and content of the report.

"Spain has a failed government, but not a failed state nor a failed nation," he declared before returning to Madrid to participate in the concentration called in Cibeles Square. The leader of the PP has called on citizens to support the mobilizations organized this Wednesday in support of Ceuta.

The Police later downplay the scope of the report

Feijóo's statements were made before the Director General of the Police, Francisco Pardo, informed Marlaska that "no police report exists" that attributes the planning or execution of what happened in Ceuta to Moroccan security forces.

Pardo also explained that the warning sent by CENIF on July 29 was a "frequent risk alert" that did not anticipate a massive entry the following day. The police chief was unaware of the document's content until now because the National Court judge María Tardón had ordered investigators not to share information with their superiors.

The Minister of Territorial Policy and the Government's sole command in Ceuta, Ángel Víctor Torres, later referred to the explanations offered by Pardo and asked Feijóo for "rigor" before blaming Morocco. The full content of the report remains incorporated into the proceedings led by Tardón and has not yet been made public.