"What a Roman accent!": Le Senne (Vox) praises Lluís Apesteguia's Latin
The complications of the approval of the Omnibus Law have led to the amendments being voted on point by point
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PalmaThe spokesperson for MÉS per Mallorca, Lluís Apesteguia, boasted about his knowledge of Latin in this Tuesday's plenary session. Amidst the chaos of the Government's Omnibus Law approval, the eco-sovereigntist, who holds a degree in classical philology, was one of the few parliamentarians who enumerated the amendments, laid out in that language on the voting script, without pronunciation problems. A skill that impressed the President of the Parliament, Gabriel Le Senne (Vox), who admitted he struggled to keep up with the speed at which he enumerated each point. "Mr. Apesteguia, I do not have so much knowledge of Latin," he told him on one occasion, asking him to go slower. "What a Roman accent!" he finally conceded, when Apesteguia requested a separate vote for points "novovicies" (29) and "tertricies" (33).
The approval of the Government's Omnibus Law has been accompanied by a fierce vote. The text, which modifies about fifty norms and was full of amendments and transactions, arrived at the plenary session in an express manner, because the opinion of the mandatory parliamentary commission was not sent to the deputies until Friday. The tangle of amendments and the short preparation time has been partly responsible for the fact that the deputies did not have the sense of the votes entirely clear. Le Senne had to take a recess to clarify the script.
Left-wing deputies have denounced the procedure, which they consider irregular. ). They believe that the way it has been done violates the Chamber's regulations and, moreover, could affect citizens' "acquired rights". After the difficulties in following the voting script, Apesteguia has expressed optimism that the high court will rule in their favor. "If the TC sees this video, they will not only give us the reason, but also a big hug," he said, referring to the video of the parliamentary session, which is accessible on Youtube.