The general secretary of the PP, Miguel Tellado, has lashed out at the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, whom he has described as "indecent" and "cowardly," also demanding that the "100%" of the thousands of migrants who entered Ceuta last July be returned to Morocco, whom he has defined as "invaders."
Tellado expressed himself in these terms during the closing of the intermunicipal day of the PP of Seville, an event in which he addressed various current issues, with special attention to the migration crisis that Ceuta is experiencing. Regarding this episode, the 'popular' leader has accused the Executive of incurring in a "clear dereliction of duties" and showing "disloyalty" to the people of Ceuta, to the president of the city, Juan Jesús Vivas, and "to all of Spain."
In his speech, the PP deputy also recalled that, recently, Sánchez, when asked about the situation of minors in Ceuta, responded with a "that's up to Vivas," referring to the Ceuta president. Tellado replied to those words with a forceful "How indecent."
In the same vein, he criticized that Sánchez's way of acting always involves "ignoring his responsibility, shrugging his shoulders, blaming the autonomous communities, and leaving them alone" because, in his opinion, "he is a cowardly president."
Next, the general secretary stated that Sánchez "behaves more like a puppet of the Moroccan regime than as a ruler of a European democracy" and that "he has tried to challenge Europe and has lost again," emphasizing that "he collects defeats. Defeats at the polls, defeats in parliaments."
Criticism of the operation at the port of Ceuta
Tellado has also attacked the transfer of immigrants to the port of Ceuta, which he has described as "the living image of the disaster that is Pedro Sánchez's Government," assuring that "Ceuta, like all of Spain, is fed up with Marlaska, fed up with Pedro Sánchez, and all of Spain wants and desires and needs a better government, a different government."
The popular leader has harshly condemned the operation at the Ceuta port, recalling that "they were warned that the operation at the port was not a good idea" both from the presidency of the autonomous city and from the PP, since, he said, "a critical infrastructure cannot be offered to accommodate the invaders."
At this point, Tellado has emphasized that "the only acceptable transfer is the transfer to their country of origin of 100% of the invaders who are still occupying the streets of Ceuta today," a demand that, he has underscored, has been supported both by President Vivas and by the European Parliament.
Regarding the resolution of support for Ceuta approved in the Europarliament without the backing of the left, the general secretary of the PP has accused the PSOE of a "great display of disloyalty": "They voted against Ceuta and against Spain and voted in favor of Morocco," he has stated.
Tellado has also denounced that Sánchez "has tried to make Ceuta just another piece in the museum of horrors that will remain in his wake during the presidency of the government of Spain," ignoring "the 141 dead that have occurred in the invasion" and "the invasion of the border, the assault, the chaos in the streets," while trying to "make the debate pivot back to his framework, which is the same as always. The one of the fascists and the progressives."
PP's Call for 2027
In the final part of his speech, the general secretary has urged the PP membership to commit to improving the results obtained in the regional and municipal elections of 2023 in the next ballot, warning that in May 2027 the party is playing "the future of each of the municipalities of this province and each of the municipalities of Spain."
"The time has come to give it our all. The year 2027 will be the year of political change in Spain, of the national reconstruction of our country and the Popular Party will not fail," he has emphasized.
The leader has justified this call in the "urgency" of the State and the nation to have a government "at the service of the State and the nation." In this context, he has denounced that the Sánchez administration "does not stop collecting charges, crimes, trials, and benches," focusing on the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
Tellado has reminded that three months have already passed since Zapatero informed the judge that he needed between seven and ten days to clarify the origin of his jewels and "he still cannot find the gift receipt."
Immediately afterward, he issued a warning: "Do you know who is going to tell him that maybe I'll go and find it? The courts of Spain, because sooner or later the whole truth of what he has done and what he has stolen will be known because justice in our country works."