Abascal raises the tone in his offensive against Sánchez: he blames him for "every stabbing, rape, and aggression" in Ceuta

The leader of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, took his offensive against Pedro Sánchez to another level of hatred this Wednesday. The leader took advantage of an arrest for an alleged assault in Ceuta to personally hold the Prime Minister responsible for "each of those stabbings, those rapes, those assaults on neighbors, police, and military personnel".

"They are still inside! They are still attacking! And Sánchez continues with the betrayal," Abascal wrote on X before stating that the head of the Executive is "with the invaders and against the Spanish people". The message accompanied a news story about the arrest of a Moroccan citizen as the alleged perpetrator of a knife attack against a minor.

The facts known so far are limited to a specific police action. The National Police arrested a man in the early hours of the morning accused of causing facial injuries to a 17-year-old boy on Trampolín beach. The suspect will have to answer to justice and the investigation will determine his individual responsibility.

Abascal used this case to extend the accusation to the entire migrant population remaining in Ceuta and attribute any crime registered in the city to the Government. His publication mixes in the same sequence assaults, rapes, and attacks against security forces, without providing data to support the claim that Sánchez is responsible for these behaviors.

From specific crime to collective accusation

The message fits with the strategy maintained by Vox since the massive entry of migrants on July 30 and 31. Abascal's party systematically uses terms such as "invaders", "traitors", or "fifth column", presents all newcomers as a threat, and demands immediate expulsions regardless of the individual assessment required by Spanish and European legislation.

The Government has defended that anyone who commits a crime must answer to the courts and, when appropriate, be expelled. Figures provided this Wednesday show that 5,603 migrants have voluntarily returned to Morocco, while 1,917 files have been opened to determine which adults do not have the right to remain in Spain.

The state apparatus also keeps 4,160 people in reception facilities and continues identification processes. These actions coexist with the police and military reinforcement deployed in Ceuta, despite Abascal claiming that Sánchez remains with his arms crossed and attributing even crimes committed by individuals to the president.

Vox's offensive has also reached Congress. The party has announced its rejection of the 309 million euros in social, economic, and security measures for Ceuta and has called the aid "handouts." At the same time, it demands the application of article 102 of the Constitution to accuse Sánchez of treason, an initiative for which it needs the support of the Popular Party.

Abascal once again stirs up the ghost of the "coup"

Hours after his message about Ceuta, Abascal has opened another front against the President of the Government. The ultra leader has echoed reports attributing to the president of the Constitutional Court, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, discrepancies with the Supreme Court's decision to provisionally suspend the right to vote of certain individuals registered in the Electoral Census of Absent Residents (CERA).

"They no longer even hide that they are going to stage a coup, perpetrated by Sánchez and his mafia, against Spaniards and their sovereignty," he wrote. Without waiting for the Constitutional Court to make any decision, Abascal has presented a possible legal discrepancy as a criminal operation directed from Moncloa to alter the upcoming elections.

The Supreme Court's measure affects people naturalized through the so-called 'grandchildren's law' and is provisional while the procedure is resolved. Published reports indicate that Conde-Pumpido believes the suspension could violate the right to vote, but the Constitutional Court has not yet issued any resolution on the matter.

Abascal has used that scenario to issue a warning to the PP. "He is going to try everything to stay in power and to save his people from jail. It is irresponsible to give him up for defeated," he said about Sánchez. Vox thus again pressures Alberto Núñez Feijóo while turning a police investigation and a controversy pending judicial resolution into new accusations of treason and coup attempts against the Government.