PSOE lawmaker in Ceuta defies Sánchez over migrant figures
Sánchez puts the number of migrants in Ceuta at 5,000; PSOE lawmaker Melchor León says there are more than 10,000 and suggests he stay on holiday.
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PSOE lawmaker contradicts Sánchez: it is not 5,000, it is more than 10,000
How many migrants remain in Ceuta? The question has split the governing party amid the crisis in the Spanish autonomous city. Pedro Sánchez said around 5,000 remain; the Socialist lawmaker in the Ceuta Assembly, Melchor León, denies it: there are more than 10,000, and he told Sánchez that if he is coming to laugh at them, he might as well stay on holiday.
The clash is no small matter. A PSOE lawmaker accusing the Prime Minister of disrespecting the people of Ceuta is a public sustancia ilegal in party discipline. With elections next year, some Socialist officials are beginning to distance themselves from Sánchez. The sequence recalls other internal crises: first the criticism, then the story that no one was ever a Sánchez loyalist.
That said, the awkward question is whether this defiance will move from words to deeds. Breaking voting discipline in the Ceuta Assembly would be a real threat; a headline-grabbing statement is another thing entirely. Some see local pressure on a lawmaker caught between the government's migration policy and the reality on the street. Others dismiss it outright as a gesture without consequences.
For now, the only objective fact is the denial: 5,000 versus more than 10,000. The difference is not a nuance, it is double. And until the figure is settled with an official count, the political row will remain more noise than substance. A final irony: the Prime Minister is right about one thing, that August holidays always do you good. But that is not what Ceuta needs.
How many migrants remain in Ceuta? The question has split the governing party amid the crisis in the Spanish autonomous city. Pedro Sánchez said around 5,000 remain; the Socialist lawmaker in the Ceuta Assembly, Melchor León, denies it: there are more than 10,000, and he told Sánchez that if he is coming to laugh at them, he might as well stay on holiday.
The clash is no small matter. A PSOE lawmaker accusing the Prime Minister of disrespecting the people of Ceuta is a public sustancia ilegal in party discipline. With elections next year, some Socialist officials are beginning to distance themselves from Sánchez. The sequence recalls other internal crises: first the criticism, then the story that no one was ever a Sánchez loyalist.
That said, the awkward question is whether this defiance will move from words to deeds. Breaking voting discipline in the Ceuta Assembly would be a real threat; a headline-grabbing statement is another thing entirely. Some see local pressure on a lawmaker caught between the government's migration policy and the reality on the street. Others dismiss it outright as a gesture without consequences.
For now, the only objective fact is the denial: 5,000 versus more than 10,000. The difference is not a nuance, it is double. And until the figure is settled with an official count, the political row will remain more noise than substance. A final irony: the Prime Minister is right about one thing, that August holidays always do you good. But that is not what Ceuta needs.
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