The president of the Autonomous City of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, has stressed the urgency of ensuring that the PP prevails “with sufficient force” in the general elections of November 29, considering that “the salvation of Ceuta and the salvation of Spain depend on Alberto Núñez Feijóo being the president of the Government.”
Vivas took part in a rally in Benalmádena (Málaga) together with the president of the Andalusian PP, Juanma Moreno, and the PP vice-secretary for Regional, Local Policy and Electoral Analysis, and candidate for Congress for Málaga, Elías Bendodo, where he warned that on 29N “we’re putting it on the line.”
“These elections are the most far-reaching since the democratic transition. Spain is at stake and we have at stake all the territories of Spain. Never before has the change been more necessary,” he said, insisting that the country faces a decisive appointment.
Therefore, he made an appeal “from the other side of the strait, sea that unites us, by going to Málaga in a bond that is absolutely fraternal and confirmatory today, that we have to give ourselves, drop by drop of sweat, so that the change becomes a reality, so that the PP wins the elections.”
The Ceuta leader pointed out that, after the massive arrival of migrants, Ceuta “is wounded,” although “it is standing,” largely because “a person from Ceuta never gives up,” he emphasized. He praised the behavior of the people of Ceuta, whom he cited as an example “of courage and truly admirable valor, of maturity not to lose our composure.” He also stressed that “we are not alone.”
As he emphasized, “the people of Ceuta are having a hard time” and the city “is living through the most difficult moment of its recent history,” highlighting that “it was not by chance; 100,000 people entered illegally because someone prepared it, because someone organized it, because someone directed it.”
“And that someone who designed it, who prepared it, who organized it and who directed it also has a name. It’s called Morocco. They are the Moroccan authorities. And I will keep saying it, even if they deny it,” the Ceuta president said, attributing that action “a clearly political purpose.”
“It was meant to violate our territorial integrity, it was meant to put our sovereignty in jeopardy, it was meant to lead us to the edge of the abyss, it was meant to cut off the wings of hope. That is what the authorities of Morocco intended,” Vivas denounced, who recalled the “irreparable drama of 141 deaths.”
For the president of Ceuta, the situation “absolutely unsustainable” continues. “Ceuta is very far from normality and, whoever says otherwise, is lying,” he has stated, detailing that “areas as important as that of security” are affected.
In this sense, he has indicated that “in Ceuta crime has grown by 60%” and he has lamented that “incidents arising from public order altercations, fights and others of similar nature have grown by 300% when comparing October 2026 with October 2025”; while, he added, “if we refer to the port, they have grown by 1,200%”.
He has also pointed out that “reportable diseases have increased by 80%” and that self-employed workers, SMEs and companies “lose, as of today, a million euros every day!. “How can this be called normality? This is an absolutely unsustainable situation,” he hammered home.
“The mood of the people of Ceuta, the mood in Ceuta is marked by worry, by uncertainty and, like it or not, to Pedro Sánchez, it is marked by the feeling that we are being invaded,” Vivas added, underlining that “the most shocking thing about this is that it could have been avoided.”
In this context, he has affirmed that Sánchez “was informed by the CNI and did not act” and that the city “was tired of raising alarm calls, of requesting help in the days beforehand,” but “they didn’t even answer us.”
“On the day of the invasion, Pedro Sánchez could have acted, could have used the capabilities to deter, to prevent the mass entry, and he decided not to act, he decided to leave the door open for more than 20 hours,” he said, also reproaching that it took a month to appoint a single commander.
Likewise, he has recalled that the head of the Government “went on vacation” and he has criticized that Sánchez “has been more interested, has put more effort into apologizing to Morocco than in protecting our integrity, our sovereignty and the rights of Spaniards; and this cannot be allowed.”
Given this situation, Vivas has presented “Alberto Núñez Feijóo” as an alternative. “He is the embodiment, in the face of Pedro Sánchez’s abandonment, of involvement and commitment. Involvement to be aware every day of how the situation in Ceuta was evolving,” he has highlighted, highlighting the commitments of the PP and of its leader.
For that reason, he has demanded that the PP wins “with enough strength so that Feijóo is the president of the Government. “We cannot fail, it is the key for the salvation of Ceuta, for the salvation of Málaga, for the salvation of Andalusia, and for the salvation of Spain,” he has reiterated.
The Ceutí president has claimed the historic and emotional bond with Andalusia and has indicated that both territories share “the Mediterranean soul” and “the homeland, the pride of being and feeling ourselves Spain above any other condition,” highlighting as a reference “of good government, of common sense, of balance, of determination, of closeness, of effectiveness, and of humility” to the president of Andalusia.
In addition, he has assured that “the hearts of the Spanish people have understood that, when the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ceuta are defended, the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of all Spain are being defended.”
“The hearts of the Spanish people have understood that defending the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of our nation is defending what we are, is defending what is ours, is defending what unites us, is defending the Rule of Law, is defending the empire of the law, is defending democratic coexistence, is defending dignity as Spain, is defending dignity as a nation. And to that the Spanish people are not willing to give up,” he concluded.