MÉS per Mallorca will take the eviction of the housing protest camp in Palma to the Prosecutor's Office

PalmaMÉS per Mallorca will file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Balearic Islands regarding the eviction of the Housing Camp in Plaza de España, which the Palma Local Police executed on November 4th. The party believes that the actions of the PP municipal government, led by Jaime Martínez, may have violated the fundamental right of assembly and demands an investigation into whether the City Council acted outside its jurisdiction to put an end to a peaceful protest.

The general coordinator of MÉS per Mallorca, Lluís Apesteguia, has indicated that the events could constitute crimes against the right of assembly, coercion, violation of civic rights, and administrative prevarication. "No mayor is above the law. We cannot allow a city council to use the Local Police to prevent the exercise of a fundamental right. We want to know who ordered this action and if any crimes were committed," he stated.

The complaint demands that those responsible for the operation be identified and that it be clarified what legal coverage the police action had and whether it was expressly ordered to prevent the demonstration from continuing. In this sense, MÉS requests the recovery of the municipal file, the communications between the City Council and the Government Delegation, and the police orders. It also asks for the urgent preservation of the recordings and records of the action. The MÉS candidate for Mayor of Palma, David Pujol, has warned that, if it is confirmed that Martínez used the Local Police to prevent a legitimate protest, the mayor will have to answer for his decisions. "No one is above the law," he insisted.

The encampment had no dissolution order.

One of the party's arguments is that the encampment, installed at Plaça d'Espanya since September 28th, had been communicated to the Spanish government's Delegation, the authority competent in matters of the right of assembly. According to MÉS, there is no record of any dissolution resolution issued by this institution, and the participants claim that they also did not receive any prior eviction notice.

"A municipal ordinance cannot replace constitutional guarantees. The Public Prosecutor's Office must clarify whether municipal authority was used to execute a covert dissolution," defended Apesteguia. The party also linked the eviction to the municipal government's political priorities regarding the housing crisis. Pujol accused Martínez of standing "on the side of speculators" and acting against people demanding decent housing. "They can remove the tents, but they will not make the problem disappear. Housing is a right, not a privilege. And rights are to be guaranteed, not repressed," he concluded.