Ferran Rosa: "We must ask ourselves why 80% of Majorcans are in favour of MÉS's proposals but do not vote for us"

PalmaThe deputy of MÉS per Mallorca Ferran Rosa read this Monday night the harsh letter he received from the mayor of Esporles, Josep Ferrà. In the text, the former leader forcefully reproaches him for his criticisms of the party and especially of the leadership of MÉS per Mallorca and the parliamentary group during the legislatures of the Pacte de Progrés. Rosa has refused to respond to the content of the letter. However, in statements to ARA Balears, he insisted that, although he did not intend to offend anyone, self-criticism is necessary. "We have to focus on questioning why, in a context where 80% of Mallorcans are in favor of MÉS's approaches such as tourist degrowth, affordable rental prices, and the repair of the language, there are people who do not vote or who vote for other parties," he explains.

"The social moment we have as a country is evident in many aspects: we must aim to be credible as a party and as a project, and from there came my words: it was not a matter of individuals," he said about the interview he did on the podcast podcast L'hora de la sesta, which has sparked controversy. Among other issues, Rosa stated that the Government of Francina Armengol was "afraid" to bet on tourism degrowth, and MÉS per Mallorca "did not push hard enough". He also criticized the previous direction of the party and the parliamentary group, as well as the management of the former president of the Council, Miquel Ensenyat, and considered that "the PP is the one that has best read why the left lost the 2023 elections".

Although Rosa also said that during the Pact "very good regulations were made" and recalled the work to reverse the "deregulatory" policies of José Ramón Bauzá, her strong criticism of MÉS per Mallorca has generated an internal earthquake. In the nine-page letter to which ARA Balears has had access, Ferrà reproaches her for having done them "with a certain arrogance and relaxed on a sofa, and with an absence of coherent self-criticism on the part of those who held positions in the PSIB and Podem ministries at the end of the Pact of 2015-2019 and throughout the Pact of 2019-2023". "This is not self-criticism, Ferran; it is a disqualification, and I believe it is unfair and misguided," criticized the former leader of MÉS, who reproaches him for saying that the left did not do enough for tourist decline in its last term (2019-2023): "With covid, was it the time for the people of Mallorca to worry about tourism? (...). Only a comfortable political official could think of that".