Gibraltars New Movement Press Release

On the 11th of September 2019 Juan Jose Uceda, 70, spokesman for ASTEG, told the Olive Press: a non-profit organisation which supports unemployed Spanish residents, have arranged for a demonstration to take place in the city centre of Gibraltar on October 19. Juan Jose Uceda states “A Hard Brexit could be terrible and we are scared of the consequences, as more jobs could be lost in La Linea, an area which already sufferers serious unemployment and poverty.“But it is not just jobs we are concerned with, it’s everything.

Gibraltars New Movement has decided that if these protests go ahead, we would boycott the demonstration and demand they leave and demonstrate on Spanish soil, not on British soil.

The main reasons for the Boycott are as follows.

It is not up to Gibraltar to be concerned with unemployment of residents in Spain, which is a different territory under the Spanish Governments jurisdiction, also the Brexit process is solely under the British Government's responsibility to negotiate with the E.U and any interventions by an un authorised Union on our territory is considered as an act of provocation.

We Gibraltars New Movement will not tolerate an illegal Union not of our territory to interfere with our internal affairs especially with the constant bullying of Gibraltar, its frontier with Spain and harassement towards our people to continue and we would Boycott any attempt by this Spanish Union to implement their plans on our British rock.

If this Spanish Union, Which is not the local Union of Gibraltar or recognised by The people of Gibraltar, wish to put their concerns across due to instability and lack of jobs, it should be put forward to the Spanish Government and protested in Spain, not here in Gibraltar.

Gibraltars New Movement will not put up with an outside Union holding demonstrations on our soil and urge them to reconsider and protest to the Government of their land which is Spain, not Gibraltar, Gibraltar is British and remain British and out of their jurisdiction for as long as we the people want to remain British.

Trevor Bickerstaff

(Co Founder & Spokesperson) For Gibraltars New Movement.