Juan Jesús Vivas, president of Ceuta: “Morocco has shown that it is not reliable, we must demand respect”
The leader trusts in the strength of belonging to Europe and remains inflexible in the defense of Muslims and in the legal distribution of minors in the Peninsula.
Ceuta is a city "that doesn't lose its integrity, even with its soul on the line," says its president, the popular Juan Jesús Vivas (Ceuta, 73 years old), who has been in power for over 25 years and today is "outraged by what happened." Ceuta, indeed, is a unique enclave, both for its geopolitical situation and for its diverse population, equally Muslim and Christian, of Spanish and Moroccan origin, living in harmony.
One could see these days the military giving instructions to migrants in their own dialect, Darija. Another peculiarity of the city is the president himself, a moderate man in times of political stridency, whom it's difficult to get out of sorts or to utter an exabrupt against the Socialist Government or get annoyed with his party, which, having embraced Vox's theses, presents a face opposed to the solidarity sharing of foreign minors among the communities it governs.
He is not angry, but firm: Vivas clings to the law and the Constitution and won't budge. In his office, there are photos with PSOE and PP presidents. And, of course, a kepi of the Legion, the little hat of the most representative military force of that Spanish North Africa.
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