The arrest a few weeks ago of a suspected jihadist in the municipality of Caspe, Zaragoza, led Vox to ask for an explanation from the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. His spokesperson at the Cortes of Aragon, Alejandro Nolasco, toughened his speech this Tuesday and assured that Aragon “this cannot be a refuge for jihadists.”
For the former Aragonese vice-president, the Community must “take all precautions”. “And this is even more true today, with the recent misfortunes we have experienced. “We cannot afford a failure in security in the region,” assured Caspe.
While asserting that Aragon cannot allow “hate speech,” he focused on the city and its “very high” percentage of immigrant population, the majority from Muslim countries. According to Nolasco, the fact that there are “other people who are under investigation on this subject” should make the Spanish government react.
“We know nothing about the detainee. Neither his nationality nor whether he had a criminal record. We are asking Marlaska to come forward and tell us what is happening and why these people are being investigated. There must be total transparency on the part of institutions. Neighbors may be nervous and worried about what is happening and they are not told” he said.
Despite his declarations, which led him being left alone during several votes in the Cortes», the MP believes that his message is not alarmist. And this, even if he assures that Catalonia is “the main center of jihadist recruitment and indoctrination in Spain”.
“At Vox, we will always defend borders and safe coexistence. We will collaborate as much as possible with state security forces and agencies.” so that neither the security of the inhabitants of Caspe nor that of the rest of Aragon is ever threatened”, pointed out.
For Nolasco, the current situation requires us to “strengthen” the local police forces of the main municipalities of the Community. “There is no need to slow down the free functioning of administrations. What we saw in Valencia is an obvious failure of the autonomous system.” How is it that an autonomous community or a state begins to pass the buck when people are dying? What will happen when an operation needs to be coordinated, for example here, with the local police, the national police or the civil guard?” he asked.
