MÉS asks that the Parliament stops for the general strike

PalmaMÉS per Mallorca has requested that Parliament pause during the general strike for housing on November 11th. In a statement, the parliamentary spokesperson for the eco-sovereigntists, Lluís Apesteguia, considered that maintaining the Chamber's activity "may generate pressure on workers," who could "feel conditioned not to support" the protest in order to ensure the institution's functioning.

Apesteguia justified that the strike is a fundamental right recognized by the Constitution and that a public institution cannot organize its activity in such a way that its staff's strike "remains neutralized or that exercising it becomes a personal burden." Next Wednesday, the day of the strike, meetings of the Bureau and the Board of Spokespersons are held, as well as parliamentary commissions.

"Moving activity from one day to another is an internal organizational decision that does not take sides regarding the reasons for the strike, but allows each worker to decide freely whether they want to support it," he argued. Thus, he proposed that this activity be moved to Friday, November 13th.

"A very severe warning"

In a press conference at the Chamber, the spokesperson for Més per Menorca, Josep Castells, considered that the strike represents a "very severe wake-up call to Marga Prohens and the Government," due to the "dramatic" situation of housing prices in the Islands. "It is enough that Europeans are buying our home," he declared.