Terraferida and Menys Turisme, Més Vida have demanded that the future delegate of the Spanish government in the Balearic Islands, Pere Joan Pons, carry out and make public the investigation into the police charges that took place after the demonstration against tourist overcrowding on July 26 in Palma. The two organizations made the request this Thursday, after learning that Pons will replace Alfonso Rodríguez, who announced on Tuesday that he was leaving the position to focus on his candidacy for mayor of Calvià.

The Spanish government delegate in the Balearic Islands, Alfonso Rodríguez, reiterated this Friday that the National Police will not evict the housing encampment in Palma's Plaza de España, despite the request from the Palma City Council for the Government Delegation to intervene and put an end to the protest.

"Zero contact", as summarized by a member of Menys Turisme, Més Vida, the interactions with the Spanish government delegate, Alfonso Rodríguez, after thepolice charges of 26-J, the most important anti-saturation demonstration day in the Balearic Islands. Rodríguez has not contacted the organizers or the injured, despite having called a press conference the day after the protest to criticize the "disproportionate" actions of the National Police and announce that he had commissioned urgent reports to "determine responsibilities". "The images we have seen cause us concern. I have asked for explanations from the head of the National Police [José Antonio Puebla]. Violent actions were carried out by some members of the police force against people who posed no threat. I regret what has happened and convey my consternation," he said on July 27.

The terraces on the passeig del Born will have to disappear this Wednesday afternoon due to the risk that Brunzzit's last al fresco dinner could lead, according to the National Police, to acts of "coercion, sabotage or direct confrontation" against hospitality establishments. The citizens' collective had called for a walk and a dinner on the promenade benches to reclaim a space they consider to be progressively occupied by the terraces. Brunzzit has rejected the police suspicions and has denounced that the intention is to "criminalize" an initiative that has always been carried out without incident until now.

The delegation of the Spanish government in the Balearic Islands has asked the General Directorate of the Police to open a reserved information file to determine if some of the agents who intervened in the police charges last Sunday in Palma committed infractions liable to disciplinary sanction. The decision comes after a week marked by intense political and social controversy following the police action at the end of the demonstration against tourist overcrowding on July 26.

The delegate of the Spanish government in the Balearic Islands, Alfonso Rodríguez, has distanced himself from the police action at the demonstration against tourist saturation, which he described as "disproportionate" in relation to the risk of a protest marked by "exemplary civic behavior". "Police charges depend on the "in situ operation, they are not decided by this delegate. The use of violence did not adjust to the risk," he stated this Monday, after the organizers of the protest and MÉS per Mallorca called for his resignation.

The report from the National Police issued in relation to the Nucleo Nacional concentration concludes that the call by the ultra group in La Feixina in Palma to defend the Francoist monolith does not pose a "risk" to public order and safety. This has been confirmed to el ARA Balears by sources from the same Spanish government delegation and the Palma City Council, who have refrained from commenting on the police report. It is unknown if there has been any exchange of opinions between the local and state administrations on the matter, as the Palma City Council could disallow the cession of the public space where the call is to take place, if the police report were unfavorable.

Palma City Council has repeatedly stated that between 60% and 70% of residents of the old prison of Palma They are undocumented immigrants. The city council is thus refusing to assume responsibility for helping them and points out that the Spanish government is responsible for this problem. The first deputy mayor of Palma, Javier Bonet, asserted on Tuesday that the State "has full jurisdiction over people who are undocumented." "If it has been able to build a tent for all the immigrants arriving by boat, it should also be able to address this housing crisis," he emphasized. In contrast, the Spanish government delegation in the Balearic Islands, which is awaiting the City Council's proposal at a meeting of the Local Security Board, believes that the situation of the former prison "requires each institution to exercise its powers to offer a response" to the situation.

The proposed new regional financing model presented this Friday by the First Vice President of the Government and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, would increase the Balearic Islands' annual funding by €412 million compared to the current system. At a press conference, the Government Delegate in the Islands, Alfonso Rodríguez, explained that this new system would place the archipelago above the average in adjusted per capita funding, compared to the current model where it falls below the average.

The Spanish government is not considering the possibility of co-managing the Balearic Islands' airports with the regional government and considered it "a trap" to point to the infrastructure managed by Aena as the cause of tourist overcrowding.