The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has avoided specifying whether the crisis in Ceuta will take a toll on the PSOE in the upcoming elections, although he has emphasized that there is still a long way to go until the date with the polls and that during this period events may occur that "change the tide."
Torres expressed himself this morning in an interview on Cadena Ser Canarias, reported by Europa Press. "There are many months left, politics is changing," he pointed out, to then emphasize that "what today seems like something that will determine an electoral date, later anything else can happen and the tide changes completely."
The conversation takes place on the same day that several polls have come to light indicating a strong setback for the PSOE in the event of general elections being held now and a possible sum of more than 200 seats between PP and Vox.
However, the minister preferred not to evaluate these projections and limited himself to recalling that this is the "Government that they said would last three days" and that, despite those forecasts, it will reach "the end of the legislature."
At another moment in the interview, Torres rejected the existence of "blackmail" from Morocco to Spain and that, for that reason, the neighboring country is being exonerated from the massive entry of 80,000 immigrants in Ceuta. "That is absolutely nonsense," he stated, insisting that the central Executive defends "national sovereignty," the integrity of the territories, and good neighborly relations.
The minister also came to the defense of the President of the Government and his decision to go on vacation to Lanzarote the day after traveling to Ceuta. When asked if he would have stayed at the forefront instead of going on vacation in the face of a crisis of this magnitude, he recalled the sequence of events.
In this regard, Ángel Víctor Torres highlighted that the head of the Executive traveled to Ceuta the day after the invasion and that, 48 hours later, 90 percent of the people who had entered had already left the enclave.
"I can assure you that there was permanent monitoring, almost daily, with various ministers, even telematic meetings were held," he added, to emphasize that the control of the situation was maintained at all times by the central Government.
Torres has also explained that, subsequently, a second phase was activated in response to warnings that the episode could repeat itself and that, for this reason, they had to "also have the forces of the Security Group ready in case that could happen," although it ultimately did not occur "either on the 15th or the 18th."
Finally, he has detailed that a single command has been established, a responsibility that has fallen on him, at a stage in which the Security Forces and Bodies are "engaged" in carrying out affiliations and responding to asylum requests.
Torres has concluded emphasizing that "what is evident is that the president has been in Lanzarote, but he has been following all the events and was also in Ceuta."