The far-right Vox unleashes its most serious offensive for Ceuta: Abascal calls Sánchez a "lackey" and asks for him to be tried for "treason"

The far-right Vox has begun the political year with one of its most serious accusations against the Prime Minister. Santiago Abascal has called Pedro Sánchez "Morocco's lackey", accused him of acting at the service of Mohamed VI and demanded the support of the Popular Party so that he can be tried for "treason" due to his management of the Ceuta crisis.

The far-right leader launched his offensive after gathering Vox's National Executive Committee in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. The response comes just hours after Sánchez defended on 'Hoy por Hoy', on 'Cadena SER', that no report from the Security Forces or the National Intelligence Center (CNI) links the Moroccan authorities with the massive entry at the end of July.

Abascal takes for granted that Morocco organized a "hybrid war" against Spain and assures that Sánchez knew what was going to happen, remained immobile and continues to protect Rabat. The president of Vox has presented these accusations as proven facts, although he has not shown documents or reports that accredit the prior knowledge of the head of the Executive or the direct intervention of the Moroccan Government.

The offensive includes a direct request to Alberto Núñez Feijóo to implement article 102 of the Constitution. This precept regulates the criminal responsibility of the president and ministers before the Supreme Court and requires that an accusation of treason be promoted by at least a quarter of Congress and subsequently approved by an absolute majority.

Vox has 33 deputies and needs to reach a minimum of 88 to initiate the procedure, so it depends completely on the PP. Even if the 137 popular parliamentarians joined, both parties would gather 170 votes and would still be six short of the 176 needed to approve the accusation. No other party has expressed its intention to support it.

Abascal has also not specified what conduct of the president would fit into a crime of treason. His intervention consisted of attributing to Sánchez a collaboration with Morocco and assuring that he acted against Spanish sovereignty.

The construction of the narrative also involves inflating the figures. Abascal has spoken of more than 100,000 people entering "by force and in a coordinated manner" into Ceuta, while the balance released by official sources and international agencies places the number around 72,000. Sánchez spoke this Monday of about 70,000 entries and put the number of people remaining in the city at 5,000.

Vox also raises this last figure. Its president in Ceuta, Juan Sergio Redondo, assures that more than 15,000 migrants remain there, three times the figure offered by the Government, without explaining the origin of his calculation. The party then uses these own estimates to present an even more uncontrolled situation and justify its accusations against the Executive.

From "good neighbor" to enemy

The total rupture that Abascal now demands contrasts with his own words from just over a year ago. In June 2025, during an interview on the 'WorldCast' podcast, the ultra leader expressly stated that he did not consider Morocco an enemy.

Abascal then defended that Morocco was a neighboring nation with which Spain should maintain a good relationship based on mutual respect. He also spoke of the expansionist aspirations of the Moroccan elites and called for strong borders, but ruled out placing Rabat in the category of enemy that he now uses to demand the suspension of bilateral agreements.

The position has completely changed after the Ceuta crisis. Vox now demands to suspend the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation between Spain and Morocco, paralyze the North African country's preferential agreement with the European Union and summon its ambassador if Rabat maintains its territorial claims.

"He who invades us and who claims part of our historical territory cannot be our friend," Abascal has proclaimed. The leader has thus gone from asking for a good relationship between neighbors to using the rupture with Morocco as one of the axes of his offensive against Sánchez.

Vox ultras have also announced political and judicial actions against NGOs, public officials, governors, and ministers they consider "accomplices" in the massive entry. Abascal launched the threat without identifying specific organizations or explaining what criminal behaviors he attributes to them, once again placing under suspicion entities dedicated to humanitarian assistance and the protection of vulnerable people.

The party has already used the crisis in recent weeks to harden its offensive against social organizations working in Ceuta. Its leaders mix attention to migrants with alleged collaboration in irregular entry and present humanitarian reception as part of the problem, even though providing food, healthcare, or accommodation constitutes a basic obligation of administrations.

Hardness outside, pacts safe

Abascal has asked Feijóo to break the PP's agreements with the PSOE in Brussels and its relations with Muslim parties that collaborate with Juan Jesús Vivas's Government in Ceuta. However, the ultra leader has avoided transferring that demand to the four regional coalitions that Vox maintains with the popular party.

The pacts in Castilla y León, Aragón, Extremadura, and Andalusia "are not at risk," as Abascal himself confirmed. The Vox leader has promised to monitor their compliance and ask the Andalusian PP for explanations for backing extraordinary aid of 25 million euros to assist minors arriving in Ceuta, but has ruled out an immediate break.

The contradiction leaves an offensive of maximum harshness against Sánchez and a much more prudent response when governments shared with the PP come into play. Abascal demands a criminal accusation of treason from Feijóo while protecting the regional executives that both parties jointly sustain.

The ultra leader also took advantage of his return to assure that Sánchez will do "the legal or the illegal" with the purpose of destroying the opposition and modifying the electoral census before the next elections. Abascal has thus once again cast suspicion on the cleanliness of the democratic system without offering data, evidence, or a concrete government measure to support them.

The petition for article 102 is now in the hands of the PP, which until now has avoided supporting it. Vox begins the new term with 33 deputies, an accusation that needs 88 signatures to start and a majority of 176 votes to reach the Supreme Court.