The Constitutional Court admits the appeal against Prohens' land acquisition law.

PalmThe Constitutional Court (TC) has accepted for review the appeal of unconstitutionality against the Land Acquisition Law passed by the government of Marga Prohens. More than fifty members of parliament from the PSOE, Sumar MÉS per Mallorca, and Podemos parties filed the appeal. According to a document obtained by ARA Baleares, the high court has notified the government of this acceptance and requested documentation regarding the law. The spokespeople for the PSIB and MÉS per Mallorca, Iago Nueguerla and Lluís Apesteguia, celebrated the news at a press conference. The appeal was filed last October in Palma, along with Unidas Podemos, Més per Menorca, the GOB, CCOO, and the OCB, under the umbrella of the Civil Society Forum. They consider the law to represent a "territorial threat" and to disregard "municipal urban planning regulations," as they pointed out at the press conference.

Furthermore, they warn that it entails "urban and territorial deregulation" with "massive amnesties" for offenders, and that it promotes "speculation" and can degrade heritage sites such as the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range. Moreover, they criticize the fact that growth in transition zones (rural areas near urban centers) before the exhaustion of developable land goes against the "environmental sustainability" enshrined in the Constitution.

The PP spokesperson, Sebastià Sagreras, downplayed the significance of the notification. "I'm surprised they're celebrating it as a victory," he said. "The Constitutional Court's acceptance of the case is standard procedure as long as the appeals are filed on time and correctly." In parallel with this judicial ruling, Vox insisted on Tuesday on accusing the PP of a "lack of political will" to address the housing crisis. The party's spokesperson in the Balearic Parliament, Manuela Cañadas, said that Prohens is intentionally blocking construction in transition zones. "Either the urban and developable land is insufficient, or it continues to be blocked," she said. "Either we enable the transition zones, or we condemn the people of the Balearic Islands to remain homeless." Both the left and Vox have forced, in the Board of Spokespersons, that the Housing Minister, José Luis Mateo, appear before the plenary session on December 2nd to explain the construction in the transition zones.