The Spanish government asks for "unity" from the PP to preserve coexistence in Ceuta

MadridAfter an unprecedented escalation of tension in Ceuta —a group of Ceuta demonstrators burned an immigrant camp yesterday— the Spanish government has asked for calm and "unity" from the PP to "preserve coexistence". This was requested by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, in his ongoing appearance in the Congress of Deputies, after the Minister of the Interior, Fernando-Grande Marlaska, and the leader of the single command for the Ceuta crisis, Minister Ángel Víctor Torres, had also done so.

The specialized committee on the situation in the autonomous city, which met early this morning under the leadership of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, and in which various ministries and the government of Ceuta are represented, has also unanimously condemned the violence to guarantee coexistence, adding that food distribution to vulnerable people must be ensured. This is a way of rejecting the veto that Ceuta demonstrators imposed yesterday on the Red Cross when it went to help immigrants on the beaches.

However, beyond calling for unity, the Spanish government also places the responsibility for the outbreak of tension in Ceuta on the PP and Vox, whom they accuse of making "hate speech". The most explicit was Marlaska: "The far-right and now also the right are talking about invaders, hunting migrants and deporting hospitalized people. It is incompatible with democratic principles and human dignity." Thus, he criticized the "partisan attempts" by the PP and Vox who are dedicated to "disinforming, inciting hatred and confrontation between people." A message that the organizational secretary of the PSOE, Rebeca Torró, already sent yesterday, just after the outbreak of violence in Ceuta.

In any case, the popular party has also called for calm this Friday. "Whoever thinks that with violence, harassing journalists or blocking the Red Cross helps Ceuta, is mistaken," said the PP deputy for Ceuta, Javier Celay, in the Interior commission, although he again spoke of "invaders" to refer to migrants and assured that the scenes of violence place as victims the people who entered irregularly when the "victims are the Ceutans" —reports Núria Rius Montaner.The virality of the Supreme Court's ruling

At the beginning of his appearance, Albares began by reviewing the events of July 30, focusing particularly on what happened on social media. As the other ministers have done, he identified the manipulation of the Supreme Court's ruling of July 8, which rejected pushbacks if entry was by sea, as the origin of the massive influx of immigrants. Thus, he stated that there was both a viralization of 'fake news,' suggesting that the borders were open, by Moroccan groups, as well as an amplification by users of the "reactionary international" from the United States and also from Russia.