Prohens calls to "defend the borders" and "the people here"

PalmThe controversy between the government and the Spanish state over the deployment of Frontex in the islands also made itself felt in the Parliament this Tuesday. During the control session, the speaker, Marga Prohens, insisted on the need to "defend our borders" against immigration and to require the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to act in the territory. "I will continue to get into trouble to defend the people here," said the Popular Party member, who considered that immigration is "increasingly worrying" citizens.

The speaker responded in these terms to a question from the leader of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSIB), Iago Negueruela, regarding the public services on the islands. The Socialist described the executive's management in this regard as "appalling" and criticized the government's "absolute failure" in housing, health, and social services policies. "With more budget, they manage these areas worse," he said.

Rules out regional regulation to limit vehicle entry

On the other hand, Prohens ruled out promoting restrictive regulations on vehicle entry for the islands as a whole and pledged to respect the limitations imposed by the island councils. "The Government is not drafting or planning to introduce any law; the councils are deploying their measures to highlight roads and their load studies to establish, using objective criteria, the number of vehicles that can circulate on the islands," the president emphasized.

She responded in this way to a question from Vox spokesperson Manuela Cañadas, who is critical of this restriction and lamented that the "easy way out" of prohibition is being chosen. "Underneath the excuse of environmentalism lies poor infrastructure management and a lack of public transport adequate to meet demand," she said.

Picapela on Garrido's interruptions: "This is not democracy"

Constant interruptions by deputies (often from the opposing side) during a parliamentarian's speech are the general tone of Parliament. But PP deputy Jordi López has had enough. The PP member, who was speaking on a motion, was outraged because the second vice-president of the Bureau, Mercedes Garrido, was speaking from her seat at the Bureau, right behind him. "I'm tired, it's very uncomfortable," he said. Garrido responded, and accusations began to be thrown. Finally, López ended his speech: "This isn't democracy, nor is it anything."

Vox deputy spokesperson Sergio Rodríguez joined the fray to censure Garrido and rebuke the Speaker of the Parliament, Gabriel Le Senne, for not reprimanding him. The socialist called for silence, to which Rodríguez replied: "I'll keep quiet if I want to. You won't silence me. The president will, but you won't."