The Palma City Council plenary session approved a motion this Thursday, with votes in favor from the People's Party (PP) and Vox, calling on the governing team to prohibit women who cover their faces with burkas, niqabs, or equivalent garments from entering municipal buildings. The initiative, championed by Santiago Abascal's party, was modified through a PP amendment to extend the ban to buses operated by the Municipal Transport Company (EMT). The text was approved in its entirety. In general terms, the proposal urges the City Council to require anyone entering a municipal building to do so with their face uncovered "for reasons of security and identity verification." The document defines "complete face covering" as that produced by garments or clothing that totally or substantially prevent facial identification.

The motion presented by Vox The proposal to prohibit anyone with their face covered from entering municipal premises, an initiative that the far-right group also presented to the town halls of Felanitx and Sa Pobla with the intention of banning items such as the burka and the niqab, ended this Monday with a heated debate between the Vox spokesperson, Esteve Sureda; the PP spokesperson, Maria Antònia Sansó and the mayor of Manacor from Més-Esquerra, Miquel Oliver, who accused them of being racist.

The Vox groups in the town halls of Sa Pobla, Manacor, and Felanitx have submitted a coordinated motion in their respective municipalities to prohibit the use of items that obscure facial recognition in public buildings, explicitly mentioning the niqab and the burka. In a statement released this Monday, the party indicated that concealing the face "with items not traditionally used in Spain hinders the performance of public duties and the prevention of identity theft." The councilors have requested that the legal departments of their respective town halls draft internal regulations implementing this prohibition to ensure the rule is clear and publicly available to all citizens.