Sa Pobla wants to ban burqa access to municipal spaces
The motion will be presented shortly to other town halls such as Manacor and Felanitx
PalmThe plenary session of the Sa Pobla City Council has approved an initiative by Vox (with the support of the PP, the mayor of Independents, but with the abstention of three councilors from their group) to prohibit access with a burqa to municipal facilities.
The proposal has had the vote against it from the PSOE, MÁS, and El Pi and reinforces a regulation existing since 2011, considered by Vox as ambiguous, unclear, and without effective development. Vox councilor Roberto Vicente stated that it is shameful that councilors from the same party as the mayor "hide in abstention," while their own mayor votes in favor "of a basic security measure."
"The PSOE, MÁS, and El Pi have once again sided with political correctness and cultural concession, in addition to demonstrating that they prioritize their ideology over the security and general interest of the residents of Sa Pobla," added the councilor. Vox reiterated its claim to be the author of the proposal, "although now the PP is trying to take credit" by presenting it in other city councils. The same motion will be presented soon in other city councils such as Manacor and Felanitx.
It should be noted that the PP will register the proposal in the Consell de Mallorca to request the prohibition of the burqa and niqab in public spaces, which was approved last Tuesday in the Parliament.
The objective, PP sources underlined in a press release, is to transfer the initiative to the municipal sphere and demand that the state government prohibit a practice that "attacks the freedom, dignity, and equality of women." With this initiative, the PP intends for the island and municipal plenary sessions to take a "firm" stance in defense of human rights and support the prohibition of the full Islamic veil in public buildings and spaces.
The initiative stems from the conviction that certain practices and symbols "are incompatible with democratic values". The president of the PP of Menorca, Coia Sugrañes, and the president of the PP of Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, explained that the motion expressly states that "the city councils declare that the full Islamic veil constitutes a form of oppression and subjugation that infringes upon the fundamental rights, equality, and dignity of women".