Vox explodes against the PP: "We will have to sign the agreements with a notary and hostages"

PalmVox attacks democratic memory again. The deputy of the parliamentary group, Sergio Rodríguez, is not satisfied with the repeal of the regional memory law, which took place on March 10. He has attacked the Government for continuing to implement memory policies under the umbrella of state regulations. In the plenary session of the Parliament, he lamented that the agreement to eliminate this law has no practical effects. "In this Parliament we legislate so that nothing changes," he criticized: "We will have to reach agreements of 6,000 pages, with a notary and hostage-taking".

Rodríguez made these statements after the second vice-president and Minister of the Presidency, Antònia Estarellas, assured two weeks ago that what falls by the elimination of the Balearic Democratic Memory Law will continue to be done in accordance with the State Memory Law, which remains in force. The deputy spokesperson for Vox asked Estarellas if she "does not intend to make any changes" following the repeal, which was a demand from her party in exchange for the investiture of President Marga Prohens.

Estarellas replied that the Executive had already designed a roadmap to carry out the memory policies provided for in the Law on Pits (still in force). However, the minister admitted two weeks ago that the part most affected by the repeal "is covered by state law, which is the sanctioning or prosecution part of certain crimes".

"It seems that they have repealed the law out of a kind of imposition, that they had no other choice but to do it, and without any conviction," criticized Rodríguez: "Why have we repealed it if your government intends to act exactly the same, and seems relieved because it is covered by state law?". "We have a feeling that we should do as in ancient Rome, that when an agreement was reached with the barbarian tribes, the eldest children of the main families were taken as hostages so that they would be fulfilled," he continued.

For their part, Estarellas has also taken advantage of his speech to reproach Vox for their non-compliance. "We will also have to demand the 6,000 pages of agreements, because you broke an agreement we had in the first year of the legislature, so it's 6,000 pages back and forth," he snapped, referring to the 2024 budget agreement.

Vox's 'fake news' about healthcare

The deputy spokesperson for Vox, Manuela Cañadas, has once again attacked immigrants. In her question to Prohens, she defended that irregular immigrants should be left without access to healthcare because, she said, "healthcare should be for those from here".

Cañadas has repeated a fake news –debunked by ARA Balears– according to which Primary Care stops attending to 300 Balearic islanders every day because it is attending to irregular immigrants. "What happens, if we go to Algeria, will they attend to us with all the presentations?", she asked.

Prohens has responded that "demographic growth puts pressure on public services, including healthcare". Thus, she explained that, in the last eight years, the number of health cards has gone from 1.1 million to 1.2 million. However, the president pointed out that assistance to people without legal residence represents "1% of healthcare assistance". "For reasons of humanity, and also public health, to prevent the spread of diseases," she defended that they have access to this assistance. Nevertheless, Prohens has criticized the regularization process of immigrants promoted by the Spanish government.