"Lack of transparency and democratic participation," "a lack of dialogue and inflexibility," and "a lack of professional respect." These are some of the arguments that have led the Association of Circus Professionals of the Balearic Islands to withdraw from the organization of the Palma Circus Cycle, promoted by the same association in 2020 and which has just held its fifth edition in Ciutat. "For two years, the APCIB has expressed its disagreement with the way the director of the Department of Culture of the Palma City Council, Rafel Brunet, works due to his lack of dialogue, coherence, and institutional respect," explain the leaders of this association, founded in 2017, in a statement issued this Tuesday at noon. "We firmly believe that public officials in charge of culture should be experienced, sensitive, and truly knowledgeable managers of the sector, not figures who understand culture from a purely commercial perspective," they add, listing the reasons why they have ended their collaboration on this project, launched five years ago by the previous government team.