Cordoba censures the Government's management of Formentera's beaches
The non-aligned councilor will bring a motion of censure to the Council's plenary session and will request all reports that justified the first and final resolution
PalmaThe non-attached councilor of the Consell de Formentera, Llorenç Córdoba, will bring to the next plenary session of the insular institution a proposal to censor the management of the Government and the governing team of Sa Unió in the processing of authorizations for seasonal facilities on the island's beaches.
Córdoba considers that the new resolution of the Government, which has authorized more facilities than initially accepted, cannot be presented as a "simple management success of Sa Unió". In his opinion, the rectification comes after months of "improvisation, contradictions, and legal uncertainty", with part of the beach services still not installed in the middle of the season.
The new resolution allows for the authorization of several facilities after the Formentera Council introduced modifications to its proposals, such as the relocation of sun lounger and umbrella areas and the reduction of surfaces to adapt them to the required distances from the coastline and dune systems.
For Córdoba, however, the Government's change of criteria must also be explained by the dismissal of the Director General of Coasts, María Joaquina Ferrer, and the subsequent public defense of her actions by 21 officials from the Ministry.
According to Córdoba, public pressure increased, Ferrer was dismissed and 11 days later the new head of the General Directorate finalized a different resolution. "This is the objective sequence of events and the Government has an obligation to explain it," he pointed out. "I am not talking about proof, because, for the moment, we do not have any, but we cannot act as if the two things were unrelated," he added.
The controversy has also reached Parliament. PSIB, MÉS per Mallorca, Més per Menorca, and Unides Podem have requested an urgent appearance by the Minister of the Sea and the Water Cycleanda, Juan Manuel Lafuente, for the "successive scandals" that, according to their accusations, affect his department.
The opposition groups have requested that the permanent deputation meet to convene this session and have placed at the center of their demands the dismissal of Ferrer and the subsequent revelations by the former director general about alleged "political interference" in the reports and files of Costes.