Cort will not sanction the campers until the Government Delegation orders their eviction

PalmaThe Palma City Council will wait for the Spanish government's Delegation in the Balearic Islands to evict the encampment in the event that it considers it is no longer protected by the right to demonstrate before considering whether to open sanctioning proceedings against the participants for a possible breach of municipal ordinances. This was stated this Wednesday by the Mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez, one day after the Local Police identified those camped out and Emaya workers removed various objects they had installed on public roads.

Martínez has once again defended that the participants are in breach of civic coexistence and public space occupation ordinances, although he qualified that this is his "opinion." In this sense, he recalled that it was the Spanish government delegation that authorized the "sine die" demonstration and that, therefore, it is also this administration that should take the decision on their eviction. "Yesterday we went as far as we could, enforcing the ordinances to the extent that we can," stated the mayor, who explained that the City Council has conveyed to the Delegation that it should act as was done in Madrid. Martínez announced that on Friday, during the Local Security Board, they will once again demand that the state administration "adopt a decision that it should have already adopted."

Regarding the possibility of opening sanctioning files against the campers, a measure that the mayor had already pointed out on Tuesday, Martínez has avoided advancing any action until the government delegation clarifies whether the participants continue to be protected by the right to demonstrate. "I hope the statement can clarify whether they are breaching the ordinances. And, if that is the case, logically the appropriate file will be opened against them, as it would be for any citizen of Palma," he said.

The government delegation, for its part, has ruled out the possibility of ordering the eviction of the encampment, as was done in Madrid, considering that the participants continue to be protected by the right to demonstrate. Sources from the organization of the Housing Encampment assured this Wednesday that they have no intention of dismantling the mobilization. In fact, they stated that the Local Police's actions give them "more strength" to continue with the protest at Plaça d'Espanya.