The same Isabel Díaz Ayuso (PP) who on February 10, 2022 reprimanded Rocío Monasterio (Vox) defending that "crime is not related to the origin of people", linked the "fights" and "skirmishes" on Wednesday registered in Alcalá de Henares in the presence of 1,260 irregular immigrants transferred from the Canary Islands to the reception center enabled by the Government in the city of Madrid.
That after her first statement she was applauded by Més Madrid and PSOE and that after her second statement she was hailed by the ultra-nationalist party shows the radical 180 degree turn taken by the president of the Community of Madrid.
It is not Ayuso's first turn to starboard. Since the incontestable absolute majority obtained in May, the Madrid leader has started battles that, while her parliamentary majority depended on external support, she did not dare to engage. In some cases for fear of losing the vote, and in others for reluctance to give wings to a coalition partner, Vox, which in the quarterly polls was beginning to show signs of wear and tear as the ballot boxes would later ratify.
First was the reform of the trans and LGBTI laws approved by the emergency route so that the reduction of the rights of the aforementioned groups coincided with the draw of the Christmas lottery, so that the controversy was buried by the hubbub of the beginning of the Christmas holidays.
And now it's immigration's turn. Matter on which Ayuso initially raised his voice - criticizing the announced transfer of migration powers to the Generalitat by virtue of a pact between the PSOE and Junts for considering that it involved "giving foreigners to those who practice racism against citizens" -, to end up aiming for the aforementioned skills. A twist of script that did not go unnoticed by Rocío Monasterio, who even ironically gave him the "welcome" to approach his "theses".
The extreme right was hoping to hang on to some medal after being left behind in the regional assembly due to its decline in votes and seats. And for this reason, the paternity of the PP's approaches has been adjudged. "This was Vox's speech for years, it seems that we are now right because Mrs. Ayuso has been to Alcalá de Henares. Well obviously we are right", pointed out Monasterio.
The joy of those in Santiago Abascal, who denounce the "increasing insecurity" in the streets of Madrid, was total when, after hearing the popular denounce an alleged unequal distribution of immigrants between communities under the slogan of "they will be sent to Madrid illegal immigrants that Catalonia does not want", Ayuso included in the equation two "investigations for sexual assaults" reported by two women from Alcalá de Henares. One of these, according to the report distributed by the regional government to the press, by "a young man of black race and dressed in black".
The management of the National Police of Madrid has confirmed that the allegations exist. But since "there is no known author, we cannot link them to the migrants from the center", they added after five weeks of research and rounds of recognition.
Faced with the evidence, or rather the lack of it, the PSOE and the central government have taken turns to charge against "Ayuso's lies". This is what the socialist leader in Madrid, Juan Lobato, has done, calling the use of the migratory phenomenon to "make demagoguery" "absolutely unworthy nonsense and barbarity". And the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, calling the words of the president of the Community "xenophobic and irresponsible" to state that "speech like this clearly hinders the peaceful coexistence necessary in a democratic society". They were not the only ones. The parliamentary spokesperson Patxi López, the Minister of the Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska and the Government delegate in Madrid Francisco Martín have also expressed themselves in identical terms.
In view of this deployment, Ayuso qualified his words on Thursday by assuring that "the only thing he did" was to describe the situation that the mayor of Alcalá, Judith Piquet, had "reported to him with great concern". And he added that if he has been characterized by something, it is for "repeating in his speeches integration, miscegenation, openness and contrasts".
The national PP came to his rescue. Its spokesman, Borja Sémper, and its general secretary, Cuca Gamarra, defended the Madrid leader in the management of the migration crisis that the Canary Islands are suffering and for which they accused the central government of "lack of responsibility" .
On the other hand, there have been no mentions of Junts in the last few hours. Ayuso's excess of impetus has invalidated, at least for a few days, the possibility of continuing to attack the alleged "xenophobia" of Carles Puigdemont after the pact for the transfer of migration powers to the Generalitat. For this reason, the amnesty is once again the PP's main line of attack at the beginning of this legislature.
