Marga Prohens (PP) will be the new president of the Balearic Islands in a solo Government in which there will be no Vox ministers. The two parties sealed an agreement yesterday that allows the investiture with the abstention of Vox.
The agreement implies important programmatic transfers in matters such as Catalan or sensitive aspects in equality policies or democratic memory. The text speaks of “domestic violence”, but also of violence against women in a complex balance to satisfy both parties. The Balearic memory law will also be repealed, which the PP opposed, but not that of Fosas, which was approved unanimously.
There are also assignments in other institutions, in such a way that Vox will enter the governments of the councils of Mallorca and Menorca, where they will govern jointly since their votes are necessary in both institutions. The councils manage important powers ceded by the Balearic Government, such as land use planning, urban planning or tourism. It is not known for now which areas each of the two parties will manage. In the case of Eivissa, the PP achieved an absolute majority.
The virtual president avoided comparing her negotiation with that of other PP colleagues, such as María Guardiola from Extremadura, and recalled that, in her case, one abstention was enough, since the PP won 26 deputies, one more than the entire left together. Vox has eight deputies. “I keep my promise and the mandate of the citizens of the Balearic Islands,” said Prohens, after recalling that at all times he opted for a government without Vox.
There is a key element that has made it possible to close the negotiation between the two parties. The creation of a commission that will be in charge of ensuring that Prohens complies exactly with what has been agreed. Vox, for its part, guarantees that it will not present an amendment to the entire budget and will provide stability while this commission certifies that the agreement is being fulfilled. “I want to be a president for everyone,” said the PP candidate. She justified her agreement with Vox in that it was the only party that “reached out” when she began to negotiate. “We said that we would respect Vox voters and that we were not looking for them to give us abstention, and we have complied,” she added.
Prohens affirmed that the agreed program leaves both parties “satisfied” and did not want to reveal if it will be equal. “We will give way to another way of governing without interventionism or prohibitions, but with incentives and freedom,” he emphasized. He also added that the agreement “makes it possible to change eight years of failed policies.”
The leader of Vox on the islands, Jorge Campos, assured that the pact is positive, but considered that the only way to end “linguistic discrimination” is to approve a law for the entire State. As has already happened in the Valencian Community, the leader of Vox will be a candidate for the general elections and his departure has been one of the factors that has favored the agreement.
The Balearic PSOE lamented the pact “of shame” that supposes “assuming the ideology of the extreme right” and “a clear danger for the historical consensus and social advances that have cost much sacrifice to the island’s citizens, and that the PSOE will defend with all the possible force.
Prohens’ investiture is scheduled for July 3 and 4, but she will not be elected on the first ballot. The session will resume 48 hours later, so that on the 6th she will be elected with Vox abstaining.
