The president of the PP in Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, has appealed to the dignity of Ceuta and its inhabitants as one of the elements that, in his judgment, Andalusians must keep in mind in the general elections of November 29. In this context, he has called for support for "the ballot of dignity, responsibility and patriotism that Juan has demonstrated throughout these three months", in reference to the president of the Autonomous City, Juan Jesús Vivas.
Moreno has expressed himself in this way at a rally held in Benalmádena (Málaga), in which the president of the Autonomous City of Ceuta himself and the PP’s undersecretary for Autonomous, Local Policy and Electoral Analysis, and head of the list for Congress for Málaga, Elías Bendodo, have spoken.
He has reiterated his commitment not to stop talking about the people of Ceuta "wherever he goes" in contrast, according to what he has denounced, to the Government’s strategy, "which tries by every means possible that we do not talk about Ceuta, nor about what has happened in Ceuta, nor about why it happened in Ceuta and why they continue living in that situation".
He has emphasized that what happened was also a "humanitarian drama" that resulted in 141 deaths. "No one on the left has remembered," he has said, to add that "I haven’t heard them talk over the last three months about any of those victims who were kids, young people for the most part, who lost their lives".
By comparison with what, in his view, would have happened in neighboring countries, Moreno has defended that "any worthy president immediately puts in motion all the mechanisms at his disposal, both national and international, to stop the onrushing, to condemn the onrushing and thirdly, to put the mechanisms in place so that it never happens again".
At this point, he has contrasted the actions of the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, with those of Vivas. "What a difference, Juan, between your dignity, your commitment and your strength, and that of Mr. Sánchez," he has stressed.
The popular party leader has emphasized the closeness between Ceuta and Andalusia, two territories that share, he said, "the same sea, we have the same concerns, we have the same way of speaking, the same accent, we have shared dioceses, we have many things that are common".
He has also alluded to the Ceuta and Melilla reactivation plan put forward by Feijóo, which provides for Frontex’s participation, "which Sánchez has never wanted," and for a reinforcement of the borders of the autonomous cities. "What kind of nonsense is that about a little fence? You have to have a border in proper condition, modern, capable, sustainable," he has reproached.
"I ask that there also be a reaction to the southern border, because it is Spain’s southern border. And Europe’s southern border," he added.
Major mobilization from Andalusia and criticism of Sánchez’s management
Moreno has called for a "major mobilization" in Andalusia to "add a large majority for change" in the upcoming general elections and has assured that "from Andalusia I am going to be just as demanding, politically and in terms of advocating for infrastructure with Alberto Núñez Feijóo as with Pedro Sánchez" if the PP leader reaches La Moncloa.
He has argued that the country needs "a manager" to make Spain work and has maintained that "the only possible and viable alternative is Alberto Núñez Feijóo and the PP."
The president of PP-A has insisted on "the mistreatment of Andalusia" by the central government, which he has described as "permanent, constant, unjust." In his view, "they have treated us badly, simply and plainly, because the Andalusians decided a few years ago to take a different course with another political option, with another political style, with another way of understanding politics, which is the one that the PP is leading right now in Andalusia."
He has warned that, if the PSOE continues in power, "they are going to screw us all with taxes" and he has stated that "Andalusian and Spanish families have lost 35% of purchasing power," lamenting that "eight years of sanchismo have managed to impoverish the middle classes." "They have made us poorer with an inflationary policy and they have made us poorer by putting their hand in our pocket, by raising 65 tax items," he criticized.
Likewise, he has questioned "how they protect public services" the socialists do, citing the case of the railways, and he has put the focus on housing, which, he recalled, "in 2018 was not even among the ten or 15 problems for Spaniards" and that "eight years of terrible management has turned the housing problem into a real problem and into the first of the problems especially for young people."
Moreno has also referred to the supply difficulties of electricity which, as he has explained, condition the arrival of investments and the development of business projects. He has assured that in Andalusia “we have done our homework and today, for the time being, we produce 73% of the electricity of the people of Andalusia here.”
“Why are they suffocating us? Why do they shut off the tap on us?” he asked, before questioning how many kilometers of dual carriageway the President Sánchez has built in eight years and answering that “he has done it like a roundabout; three and a half kilometers of new dual carriageway in eight years.” He has maintained that the same situation occurs with investments in water, Cercanías or airports.
Likewise, he has referred to the investigation by the European Prosecutor’s Office into the anti-domestic-violence bracelets. “I can’t believe that they have done business with the drama of women who are threatened and murdered. I just can’t believe it. It’s absolute pettiness,” he said.
Lastly, he has appealed to “disappointed” voters of the PSOE; “people who have not let themselves be dragged along by that wall that Sánchez has built to separate the Spanish” and also “to cover up all these shames,” whom he has asked to place their trust in the PP.
He has emphasized that this “isn’t a soccer match or a final that hurts you but you say that it has been lost, but next year we can play again.” “These are four more years of sanchism, but of the worst of the sanchisms possible, the worst of all,” he warned, insisting on backing the project “strong, solid, stable” that the PP offers.