Mallorca election: Armengol puts rents and pensions first
Palma, Mallorca: Francina Armengol says 69,000 people can extend their rental contracts as she launches her election campaign on 12 November. The Socialist Party (PSOE) candidate for the Balearic Islands in Spain’s Congress is putting housing and pensions before voters ahead of the 29 November general election. She puts up campaign posters alongside Senate candidate Catalina Cladera and other candidates.
Rent extensions at the centre of the campaign
Armengol says votes from her party helped the Congress’s standing committee make the rental extensions possible. The People’s Party (PP) and Vox voted against the decree, she says.
She presents housing as a choice between parties: the PSOE backs the right to housing, she says, while the PP sides with investment funds she describes as predatory.
Pensions and other rights
Armengol wants pensions to rise each year in line with consumer prices. She warns that the alternative could mean privatisation or smaller increases.
She also credits the government’s labour reform with greater job stability and points to increased funding for care during Pedro Sánchez’s time in office. Armengol says abortion rights are again being debated. For her, the election is a choice over whether Spain moves forward or loses rights — and she urges voters to back the PSOE.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com