The President of Madrid criticises the head of the Executive in Getafe for the mass entry of immigrants in Ceuta and demands political accountability.
The President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has lashed out this Saturday at the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, whom she has again labelled as 'the scrounger from Mareta' for his handling of the migration crisis in Ceuta. She did so in Getafe, during the PP's political course opening event alongside Alberto Núñez Feijóo, as reported by elcorreodepozuelo.com.
Ayuso has denounced that the mass entry of thousands of people into the autonomous city at the end of July was a 'perfectly coordinated and organised operation by Moroccan intelligence services'. In her view, what happened in Ceuta 'is happening throughout Spain at a slower pace', a phenomenon that the Government refuses to acknowledge.
The Madrid leader focused her speech on Sánchez's absence during the crisis. She recalled that reports had already warned that the mass arrival 'was foreseeable and known', and criticised that the head of the Executive chose to 'disregard the people of Ceuta, whom they now call racists'. 'Watch out! Racists are the people of Ceuta, when it is an example of coexistence, of cultures like few places in Spain,' she emphasised.
'He has no right to a holiday. When you have a responsibility, that is above your right to a holiday. If things are bad, you stay with your people.'
Ayuso has been particularly incisive in describing Sánchez's attitude during those days: while Morocco directed immigrants 'to the exact entry point' in a calculated manner, 'the scrounger from Mareta in flip-flops was drying his feet before the photos to seem like he was very busy in a videoconference' when in reality he was on holiday. She condemned that Sánchez was 'unable' to interrupt his 'luxurious' holiday and that, 'like a nouveau riche', he clings to power and luxury.
The regional president expanded her criticism to the diminishing weight of Spain on the international stage. She denounced that the Government 'has been showing off to the United States, to the major nations of the world', and listed the abandonment of the Sahara, the loss of influence in Algeciras, and the new threats to Melilla and the Canary Islands. 'There is a coordinated action from Rabat, but nothing, they leave us alone in front of the eyes of the world,' she warned.
Ayuso also accused the Government of 'colonising everything' and being 'the most anti-democratic' that the country has known, infringing 'against the separation of powers so that nothing limits them'. She insisted that the coalition government will not break because neither the PSOE nor the far-left have lived before 'with an official car and earning without working', and they know they will lose those privileges as soon as elections come.
She also joked about Sánchez's obsession with lies and his own figure: 'If I were Begoña, I would be worried.' In response to this diagnosis, she sent a message of firmness: 'We will not allow it and that is what Ceuta and the rest of Spain need to know, that we will be here defending what is ours until the end.' 'Madrid will not play their game,' she concluded.
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