Protest in Ceuta against PP and PSOE shakes up the electoral scene

Ceuta cries out against the two-party system and reignites the electoral battle

A demonstration in Ceuta has once again put political disillusionment at the center of the picture. The slogan chanted by attendees against the PP and PSOE – that they are "the same" or, in its crudest form, "the same shit" – summed up a discontent that knows no party labels. Called by activist Rubén Gisbert, the event not only voiced discontent with the two major parties, but also peine an uncomfortable front: the role of the CNI (Spain's intelligence agency) in the Ceuta crisis.

From complaint to organization

The mobilization is no isolated episode. Gisbert "strikes back" with a new call to action, in a pressure strategy aimed at consolidating a citizen movement outside the parties. Among the questions that generated the most noise, one stands out: what did the CNI reports say, and who were they sent to? The lack of an official answer fuels the sense of opacity that, according to attendees, justifies the outright rejection of the two-party system.

The ballot box, the next battleground

In the political reading circulating in Ceuta, these protests have a clear direction: the useful vote of indignation is called VOX. Against the cores of voters loyal to the major parties, the hypothesis is spreading that most of the electorate will end up choosing the radical right party in the upcoming elections in Ceuta and Melilla. Without polls to confirm it, the question is whether this tide will translate into seats or dissolve into the next controversy.

The cry is already out on the street. The unsettling fact is that, for now, no major party has been willing to take up the challenge. And in a city with the accumulated tension of Ceuta, silence is also a message.