“Morocco is responsible for what happened by action or omission.” The PP has responded to yesterday’s statement from Morocco with another statement in which it asserts: “Our assessment of the invasion suffered in Ceuta on July 30 and the crisis still ongoing to this day remains the same: we are facing a serious violation of Spain’s territorial integrity and, by extension, of Europe.”
“It is a hybrid attack with an instrumentalization of irregular immigration,” accuses the PP, which demands from Morocco “a loyal and transparent action by all parties and verifiable guarantees that similar events will not happen again.”
The PP also asks Morocco for “the utmost respect for Spanish institutions and the judicial investigation currently underway in our Nation.” “It is exclusively up to the Spanish Justice, in the exercise of its independence and our national sovereignty, to determine the facts, assess the evidence and, if applicable, establish the responsibilities that correspond.”
It is then when the leadership in Génova issues the third reproach to the neighboring country: “No statement, internal or external, should interfere with, condition, or delegitimize this procedure.”
It should be remembered that, in the statement released this Thursday, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, not only avoids any responsibility of the Rabat authorities in the events, but also directs a particularly harsh message against the Spanish political parties and judicial institutions investigating what happened.
Although the statement does not explicitly mention the Popular Party, the reference is difficult to dissociate due to its criticisms of Morocco’s actions and Pedro Sánchez. Rabat accuses “certain Spanish political and media sectors” of “instrumentalizing the Kingdom within an internal agenda” and especially attacks “historical parties” that, despite being “seasoned in government management,” would have fallen, according to the Ministry, into “this quagmire where unreasonable and populist overbidding prevails over common sense.”
The PP responds thus: “The defense of the general interests of the Nation, the integrity of our borders, and the security of Spaniards constitutes an inalienable priority for the Popular Party. We will always exercise it firmly, within the Rule of Law and regardless of any circumstance.” “Nothing is above the defense of Spain,” the statement emphasizes.
That said, Feijóo’s team agrees with the Moroccan statement in raising two “very pertinent” questions. The first: “Why is the return of the people who entered irregularly not executed if the Moroccan Government has officially committed to admitting them?” The second: “And why are minors kept away from their families, even though Morocco has urgently requested their return?”
“The Government of Spain is obliged to respond to the reason that prevents resolving this crisis if it has the means to do so,” the document concludes.
