The case against Vox leaders in Ceuta is closed for calling two Muslim guards "pro-Moroccan ultra-left"

CEUTA, 3 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The head of the Investigating Court number 6 of Ceuta has ordered the free dismissal and the filing of the proceedings that followed against the president of Vox in the autonomous city, Juan Sergio Redondo, and another deputy in the regional Assembly, the national police officer on leave Francisco José Ruiz, for an alleged hate crime against two representatives of the Muslim Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) who were assigned on social networks to the "pro-Moroccan ultra-left" for meeting with parties such as the PSOE.

After Section VI of the Provincial Court of Cádiz gave the green light to the summons of both as investigated, the magistrate has ruled that that of Redondo and Ruiz "could be a specific conduct that, although debatable, or even unfortunate or causes discomfort in the recipients, does not reach the level of seriousness required in the legal configuration of the crime charged".

In her order, the content of which has been accessed by Europa Press, the judge argues that "a union [sic], constitutionally, given its public-representative function, and its representatives, are exposed to certain criticism, as it cannot be otherwise in a Social and Democratic State of Law with wide freedom of expression and opinion".

In addition, citing the Supreme Court, it recalls that the jurisprudence establishes that "hate crime defends those social minorities, mentioned in the text of the commented precept, but not other groups", and resolves that "the actions carried out prove that the facts object of this case are not constitutive of a crime".

Sources from the AUGC of Ceuta have announced that they will appeal the file of the case with the argument that the allusions of the Vox leaders to their two representatives in the city, Rachid Sbihi and Omar Mohamed, were not limited to their affiliation to their association professional, but rather that they were motivated by their belonging to the local Muslim community, systematically labeled by those of Abascal as a "fifth columnist" of the Alaouite Kingdom and "pro-Moroccan" since the migration crisis of May 2021.

The same judge decided at the end of January to also dismiss the proceedings that she was instructing with the former local deputy Mohamed Ali also for an alleged hate crime against Vox parliamentarians in the Corporation, with whom she confronted shouting in January 2020 at parliamentary headquarters .

In a decision that has been appealed by those of Abascal alleging that it is not motivated, the magistrate decided to shelve the case with the argument that "the actions carried out prove that the denounced act does not have the characteristics of a criminal offense on the part of Ali, ruling out the commission of a hate crime on the understanding that the elements required by the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court for its commission do not exist".