The PSIB demands a full refund for the Council's trip to California: "Galmés' photos cost an arm and a leg."

PalmThe Socialist group in the Council of Mallorca has requested information on the exact cost of a delegation's trip to California to commemorate the canonization of Junípero Serra. "The trips and photo opportunities of the island's president, Llorenç Galmés, throughout this entire term have cost an arm and a leg, paid for with Mallorcan taxpayers' money," criticized Catalina Cladera, spokesperson for the PSIB in the Council.

The political group has submitted a series of questions to ascertain the cost of the trip to California, as stated in a press release, criticizing Galmés for "deciding that the celebrations—commemorating Father Junípero Serra—should be moved overseas." They emphasized that several members of the Consell (Island Council) participated in the trip, along with representatives from the Palma and Petra City Councils, other entities, and various support staff. The Socialists have demanded to know the cost of travel and accommodation, the motivation behind the trip, the activities carried out, the specific circumstances, and the individuals who traveled at the expense of the island institution, whether they were temporary or external civil servants.

"We do not question the Consell's desire to pay tribute to Junípero Serra, but we have the right to know what this transoceanic journey has cost all Mallorcans," said Cladera, who criticized Galmés for expanding "his photo album of trips during his term, and for this album to become the album."

Cybersecurity

On the other hand, the Socialists have referred to the signing of an agreement with a cybersecurity company, criticizing the fact that this agreement "was approved in haste" at an extraordinary executive council meeting. expressly On November 28, a few days before the trip. According to the PSIB, this is an agreement without financial compensation, whereby the Council makes human and technical resources available to the company so that the company, based in the United Kingdom, can give conferences or congresses on cybersecurity awareness.

"We suspect that Galmés had this agreement signed hastily, without any substance, just to have another excuse to take a photo in California," accused Cladera, who added that the island president doesn't manage any responsibilities that include international relations, but that since the beginning of the legislative term he has accumulated "representative acts without any European delegations being located." For the Socialists, the trip to California "is a continuation" of the trips to Rome, Brussels, London, and Berlin, with "skyrocketing costs and no proper reporting of the expenses incurred by the Council's coffers." According to the spokesperson, when her group asks the governing team about travel expenses, the institution responds "late and poorly" and refers them to the transparency website, which, in her opinion, "doesn't clearly present the data."