The PSIB accuses Prohens of "lying" when she speaks of "massive" arrivals to the Islands: "She wants to harden the discourse"

PalmaThe PSIB spokesperson in Parliament, Iago Negueruela, reproached President Marga Prohens this Friday for her clash with the Spanish government. After the conservative leader said that President Pedro Sánchez hid a report on the risk of migrants arriving in the Islands, Negueruela accused her of "lying". "She talks about massive arrivals of migrants" by boat, he denounced: "She wants to harden her discourse".

The socialist spokesperson made these statements after the traditional meeting with the president that marks the beginning of the political year. The meeting took place after Prohens demanded that Sánchez provide explanations for having insinuated that there was a "high risk of situations that could compromise the security" of the Archipelago, and spoke of the fear of "massive" arrivals in the Islands.

The Spanish president gave an account this Thursday of the management of the migration crisis in Ceuta. One of the key questions was to clarify whether, as the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, said, the Spanish government had received warnings of an increase in movements at the border shortly before the massive entry of 70,000 people into the autonomous city. Sánchez admitted to having received a "routine" report on the detentions registered at the border, which "did not foresee anything even remotely similar to what happened." On the other hand, he confirmed that there was indeed a report warning of a "high risk" of arrivals, but it referred "exclusively" to those on the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and not to the Ceuta border. These statements have set off alarms for the Balearic Government, which said it knew nothing about it.

Asked about this issue, Negueruela called for "a reflection." "Does the president have data on boat arrivals for July and August? Yes, because they are public," he asserted. "In this data, is there an increase compared to last year? No," he pointed out in statements collected by Europa Press. In the same vein, he pointed out that Sánchez "spoke of the Peninsula, but not of the Balearic Islands".

Vox extends a hand to the PP for potential budgets

After the meeting with Prohens, the Vox spokesperson in Parliament, Manuela Cañadas, has assured that she is willing to negotiate the budgets with the Government. "As always, we will sit down to talk," she said, after learning that the Executive will present the spending ceiling. "We will see where the economic items go, to what extent we can give our opinion, where it should be removed or where it should be reinforced, but until we see the spending ceiling we cannot give our opinion," she concluded.