The opposition as a whole has filed a request in Parliament for an urgent appearance by the Minister of the Sea and Water Cycle, Juan Manuel Lafuente, due to the "successive scandals" affecting his department. The PSIB, MÉS per Mallorca, Més per Menorca, and Unides Podem are demanding explanations especially following the dismissal of the Director General of Costs, María Joaquina Ferrer, and from the subsequent revelations of the former official about the alleged "political interference" by the minister in the reports and files of the General Directorate.

The Government has tried this Tuesday to close the political crisis opened around the management of the seasonal concessions of the beaches of Formentera. After days of controversy marked by the dismissal of the Director General of Coasts and Littoral, Maria Joaquina Ferrer, the criticism of the opposition, the public support of the officials of the Directorate General of Coasts to the former director and the complaints of the concessionaires of the beach huts for the lack of decisions, the Ministry of the Sea and the Water Cycle has announced that it has completed the review of the seasonal facilities and has approved the resolution that sets the authorized occupations for the period 2026-2029.

Maria Joaquina Ferrer is no longer the Director General of Costs and Littoral, but a good part of the team that worked with her does not seem willing to let her dismissal be read only in terms of a management crisis. Twenty-one officials from the agency have signed a letter addressed to the Minister of the Sea and the Water Cycle, Juan Manuel Lafuente, in which they express disagreement with the Government's decision and claim the way Ferrer has led the agency in recent months.

"Whoever goes to the beach in Formentera and wants to rent a sun lounger, doesn't have one." This is how the Vice President and Government Spokesperson, Antoni Costa, spoke about the situation on the island regarding the concession of sun loungers and umbrellas, which has led to the dismissal of the already former Director General of Coasts, Maria Joaquina Ferrer, this Friday after the Government Council meeting. The origin of this conflict dates back to May, when a resolution from the Directorate General of Coasts for temporary facilities for 2026-2029 denied authorization for 681 sun loungers and 339 umbrellas, provoking criticism from the Formentera Council towards the Government (Coasts did authorize 1,169 sun loungers and 589 umbrellas). The Vice President commented that this situation "had not occurred in Formentera in previous years" and stressed that "it has a very significant impact on public interest." "Whoever goes to the beach in Formentera and wants to rent a sun lounger, doesn't have one," he lamented.

The Governing Council approved this Friday the appointment of Maria Joaquina Ferrer as Director General of Coasts and the Coastline, at the proposal of the Regional Ministry of the Sea and the Water Cycle. A civil servant for the Autonomous Community since 1996, Ferrer has extensive experience in the public sector, with more than 25 years of experience in administrative, legal, and management roles.

While the legalization of irregular housing on rural land is moving forward thanks to the Simplification Law, the other amnesty promise made by the People's Party (PP) during the election campaign—constructions on the coast—is in a rut. The text of the future coastal law has not yet reached Parliament, despite being a priority for Prohens, and the government had to find a replacement this summer for the former Director General of Coasts, Carlos Simarro, who has entered Congress as a deputy, replacing Sandra Fernández.