A PP councilor at the Council of Mallorca demanded this Friday before the United Nations the holding of a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara "that includes the option of independence." The head of Social Welfare and president of the Majorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS), Guillermo Sánchez, defended in New York that the Sahrawi people be able to “freely decide their future.” He did so just one day after Vox, the popular party's governing partner at the island institution, lashed out harshly against the international cooperation policies promoted by the Council itself. Despite governing together at the Council, the PP and Vox thus maintain conflicting positions regarding the institution's external action.