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

PalmaVox is once again attacking democratic memory. The deputy of the parliamentary group, Sergio Rodríguez, is not satisfied with the repeal of the Autonomous Law of Memory, which took place on March 10. He has attacked the Government for continuing to pursue memory policies under the umbrella of state regulations. In the plenary session of Parliament, he lamented that the agreement to eliminate this law has no practical effect. "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 hostages."

Rodríguez made these statements after the second vice-president and Minister of the Presidency, Antònia Estarellas, stated two weeks ago that what does not lapse due to the repeal of the Balearic Democratic Memory Law will continue to be done based on 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 contemplated by the Law of Fosses (still in force). However, the minister admitted two weeks ago that the part most affected by the repeal "is covered by the state law, which is the sanctioning or prosecution part of certain offenses".

"It seems that they have repealed the Law due to some kind of imposition, that they had no other choice but to do it, and without any conviction," criticized Rodríguez: "Why have we repealed it if your government intends to act exactly the same, and seems relieved because it is protected by the national law?". "We have a feeling that we should do as in ancient Rome, where when an agreement was reached with the barbarian tribes, the eldest sons of the principal families were asked as hostages to ensure compliance," he continued.

Estarellas reminds Vox of their failures

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 from ourselves, because you broke an agreement we had in the first year of the legislature, so it's 6,000 pages of back and forth," he snapped, referring to the 2024 budget agreement.