The spokesperson for Vox in the Catalan Parliament, Joan Garriga, has assured that the insecurity situation in Catalonia is "unsustainable and not a perception," and has lashed out against the idea that it can be disguised by organizing major events like the Tour de France.
Garriga made these statements to the media this Monday, accompanied by the president of the Vox municipal group in the Barcelona City Council, Gonzalo de Oro. Both have traveled to La Pegaso Park in Barcelona, the scene where a minor died in a shooting last week, to present the campaign "There are too many criminals."
The Vox leader has denounced that, according to their data, 65 shootings have been registered in Catalonia so far this year, a figure he has defined as an "absolute scandal."
Along these lines, he has pointed to the PSC as the main party responsible for the situation and has called for facing solutions "with courage." In his opinion, these involve toughening the Penal Code and strengthening the operational capacity of police forces: "We want the police to be able to be forceful, to use their sidearms, to use their presence, their authority, the necessary means to enforce that security," he stressed.
Furthermore, he has stated that "54% of Catalan prisoners are foreigners" and has defended the expulsion of immigrants who commit crimes because, he maintains, it is not only about providing more resources to the police, but about having fewer criminals on the streets.
Gonzalo de Oro's Criticism of the Barcelona City Council
For his part, Gonzalo de Oro has lamented the death of the minor and has warned that these types of incidents are "becoming a habit" in the Catalan capital.
"In these types of matters, the city council is very much to blame," he stated, criticizing the municipal management. He has accused the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, of trying to hide the problem instead of facing it directly.
De Oro has detailed that the campaign presented by Vox is "a deportation plan because the main problem in Barcelona is that there are too many criminals" and has defended that these expulsion measures respond, in his opinion, to common sense.