The Spanish government delegate in Ceuta resigns due to the "constant harassment" he has suffered

The hitherto delegate of the Spanish government in Ceuta, Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano, has resigned from his post, denouncing the "constant harassment" he has suffered in the last two months, with personal attacks that have made him say enough is enough. In a press conference without questions, Pérez Triano has announced that he is not only leaving the delegation, but also putting an end to his political career. "My family does not deserve this," he insisted after citing the personal attacks, among which was a funeral wreath he received at the delegation: "This is also violence." According to sources from Moncloa, the delegate expressed his wish not to continue in the post a few days ago, in a decision that the executive describes as "human and personal" after "many weeks of immense work."

"Lying is free," lamented the now former delegate of Ceuta, in reference to some of the news that has been published in recent weeks and also to the use some political parties have made of it. "A delegation does not have operational command of the border, nor of defense. I cannot decide to open or close doors, nor can I give orders to the army or the local police," he stressed, while rejecting accusations that he did not do enough to prevent the mass entry into Ceuta on July 30. "From the first moment, we asked for measures and reinforcements, and we made reports and communications," he insisted.

Pérez Triano stressed that since the Supreme Court ruling [against the summary returns of immigrants arriving by sea], the Delegation in Ceuta had already warned of a possible pull factor and even proposed a change in the immigration law. Although they requested reinforcements and raised the alarm on the 30th, the former delegate also acknowledged that they did not foresee that so many thousands of people would gather to cross the border. "We asked for the intervention of the army that very morning," he insisted.

The resignation of Pérez Triano adds to that of his former chief of staff, Carlos Sanz, who stepped down after it became known that he had received a call from the CNI warning him of movements at the border for a mass entry. According to the then still-delegate, Sanz did not inform him of this call, which became known with the declassification of documents carried out by Moncloa.

The change at the head of the Delegation is expected to be formalized this Tuesday at the Council of Ministers. As reported by Cadena SER, the successor to Pérez Triano will be David de la Encina, who was mayor of El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz) between 2015 and 2019. The appointment is still pending approval by the Spanish government.