Mallorca Parliament backs Ceuta, PP demands elections
Mallorca's Parliament, sitting in Palma, approved a PP motion backing Ceuta on Tuesday, 15 September. During the debate, the PP called for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to resign and for fresh elections. PP deputy Cristina Gil said Sánchez must face the political consequences of what happened.
The approved non-binding motion calls on Spain to press the European Union to include the Balearic Islands when it plans and allocates money for border surveillance, preventing irregular migration and tackling people-smuggling networks. It cites the islands' position on an external sea border and migration pressure.
PP seeks faster alerts for the Balearics
Gil said the Balearic Islands could not wait for a situation to spiral before the state acted. She called for prevention, information and resources, and said the regional government, the Govern, must receive immediate, permanent and loyal communication about any risk warning affecting the islands.
The PP also tried to add demands for clarification of alert chains and decisions before 30 July, plus immediate notification to the Balearics of warnings about mass arrivals of irregular migrants. Parliament did not debate those additions because they were judged substantial changes requiring other groups' consent, which the PSIB withheld.
Opposition parties accuse PP of political tactics
Vox spokeswoman Manuela Cañadas called the PP initiative a “monument to incoherence” and urged the party to join Vox in Spain's Congress in seeking to try Sánchez for treason. She said the motion would remain “worthless paper” unless the PP took that fight to Madrid.
MÉS per Mallorca deputy Marta Carrió said state institutions had a duty to respond, but accused the PP of using migration and migrants as political tools. Més per Menorca's Josep Castells said the initiative was designed to weaken the central government. PSIB deputy Carol Marqués said the crisis could have been handled better and faster, but accused the PP of using the debate to attack Madrid rather than stand with people in Ceuta.
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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com