Gascón described the postmodern coup as the referendum simulation that the Generalitat organized on October 1, 2017. The semantic field of collective emotional trauma (there have been many: ’98, ’17, ’21…) continued to grow on July 30 and 31, when 70,000 people entered Ceuta in what the opposition called a “hybrid invasion”.
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Until this Wednesday, the thousands of immigrants still in Ceuta have shattered the lives of those living in the Spanish city, yes, Spanish, which is what the citizens who went to Cibeles this Wednesday wanted to claim. A response without sides or fights among the hard-right was expected.
Feijóo and Abascal were obviously going to go, but also Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, as well as the socialists Lobato and Tomás Gómez.
Ayuso and Almeida also attended, the two heads of the PP in Madrid. There was a sustained ovation when Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo arrived, so important in that demonstration on the 17th that changed everything. She was accompanied by Boadella, Rafael Hernando, Sergio Sayas…
From the postmodern coup of the 17th in Catalonia to the hybrid war of the summer of the 26th there was a change of government (and Sánchez became president), and many of those who went to the Cibeles gathering this Wednesday find it logical that the consequence of forming a government with the seditionists of 2017 (and with those who never condemned ETA terrorism) has been the feeling of abandonment that many have in Ceuta, as well as the apparent submission to Morocco. By about seven in the evening many people were already arriving at Cibeles. The usual ladies were there with their flags and quite a few young people with the colors painted on their faces.
There was a lot of “Long live Spain” and “Pe-dro Sánchez, son of a deputy”; also some “traitor,” but the atmosphere and the day were not for frivolities or for the “I like fruit” of other gatherings. The heat was scorching and the fans were waved with some anxiety. “Ceuta is not for sale, Sánchez defends himself”, they chanted before the “Pe-droSánchez, resignation”. “Sánchez traitor, Ceuta is Spanish”. He would correct them: Spanish.
The heat was intense but the square gradually filled up. The slogans were the usual ones, but they were sung with a very different feeling from the hooliganism that professional ultra activists sometimes display. When asked, many spoke of defending freedom and democracy, of the girls who have been raped in Ceuta. Most did not fall into the fanaticism typical of this type of event. On the contrary: not a single racist shout was heard. Not a “fucking Moors,” nor “blacks,” nor “more or less minors”. There was some “Christian Spain, never Muslim,” very minoritarian.
Paradoxically, the World Cup celebration was painfully close. The government’s ineffectiveness in the face of the uncontrolled entry of immigrants could have plunged the attendees into that proverbial pessimism that follows our emotional traumas. However, the citizens only shouted “we want to vote!, we want to vote!”, knowing that this is precisely what Sánchez does not want. I missed a “Long live Vivas“. The mayor spoke. We could not hear from where we were. It didn’t matter. The duty not to lose (as in ’23) was the message.
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