Councilwoman Lourdes Roca requests lists of vulnerable people to remove them from the census.

PalmThe Councillor for Social Services of Palma, Lourdes RocaThe council requested a list from the Red Cross of approximately 300 people in situations of social emergency in order to review their registration and remove them from the municipal register if they could not prove their actual residence in the municipality. The request, it has emerged, was made by the council and not at the initiative of the Red Cross, as initially claimed, according to sources. PSOE of Palma.

The initiative has generated controversy because, according to the Socialist spokesperson in Cort, Xisco DucrósRemoving a person from the municipal register means depriving them of access to basic rights. "It's not a simple administrative procedure; it means leaving them without rights, without access to doctors, social assistance, or even schooling," she emphasized. Ducrós maintains that Roca lied during the January municipal plenary session when she claimed it was common practice for the Red Cross to send lists of people they had been unable to locate for six months. However, according to the NGO, this practice had never been applied to people in situations of social emergency, which has intensified the controversy surrounding the management of the register. "Erased by the Administration"

According to Ducrós, "What the Palma City Council has done with more than 200 homeless people is, literally, erase them from the Administration's records. public. People who cease to exist for the public and who are left even more unprotected."

"We are facing a very serious case of malpractice by the Councillor for Social Welfare, a management style that preys precisely on those who need the most help. Furthermore, Ms. Roca has lied to the public about the origin of this decision, and, out of political responsibility, the Socialists of Palma demand that the mayor dismiss her, because she cannot continue to lead such a department."