Spain: Sánchez decree silences police and Civil Guard in Ceuta

The Ceuta decree punishes Civil Guard officers who speak out

What does a government do with a decree that arrives a month late? It fills it with the only thing it cares about: controlling information. Pedro Sánchez's royal decree on the mass entry into Ceuta does not include the state of emergency that would give military personnel the status of law enforcement officers, but it does contain an article stripping the police and Civil Guard's own communications departments of their capacity to speak. Under the text, reporting is a punishable offence.

Powers for the few, a gag for everyone

The border remains a powder keg, yet the government responds without providing real resources for the State Law Enforcement Agencies or the Armed Forces. No state of emergency. What the decree did find room for, however, is official censorship — the kind that answers to the ministry rather than to reality on the ground.

The EU looks the other way

While the EU does nothing, discontent is growing. Some blame Socialist voters for backing this course; others go further and speak of a systemic problem, of parties that legislate for themselves. In the middle of it all, one detail is circulating widely: Felipe González, according to several sources, visiting the Segarro embassy at the height of the crisis. A gesture that, if confirmed, closes the circle.

Silence as security policy

In short: the government forgets to grant status to the military, but remembers to silence those who report what is happening. Security, in its official version, has never sounded so much like administrative silence.