If you are Menorcan and have been living in Mallorca for less than five years, you are not entitled to aid from the Consell for the war.

PalmThe racism and the national priority criterion of Vox have played a trick on the Consell de Mallorca, which has approved the second package of social measures to mitigate the effects of the war in Iran. The requirement to prove five years of continuous residence in Mallorca demanded by the far-right has generated a paradox: if you are from Minorca, Ibiza, or Formentera and have been living in Mallorca for less than five years, you are not entitled to receive any aid from the island institution, no matter how vulnerable your situation; on the other hand, if you are an immigrant who has exceeded five years of residence, you can receive it. In summary: the criterion imposed by Vox will exclude people whom the far-right considers 'nationals' and will help others against whom Vox rails daily in the institutions of the Islands. The question at this point is: had Vox calculated the impact of this demand?

It doesn't end there, because the Consell de Mallorca has emphasized that this is a package of social measures to help families and productive sectors. But the package includes 500,000 euros for the Institut de l'Esport Hípic de Mallorca, for the maintenance of horses. A sum that the opposition has questioned, in addition to remarking that this body belongs to the department of the vice-president and councilor for Environment, Rural Affairs, and Sports, Pedro Bestard, of Vox.

The package also includes two million euros in funding for nursing homes, which have little to do with the unforeseen economic situation caused by the war, with an increase in fuel and fertilizers, mainly. Three million will also be given to sports federations to reduce family sports federation expenses, 500,000 euros for associations of the elderly, 150,000 euros to youth organizations, 2.2 million for trade vouchers, and 300,000 euros for the cultural sector.

The echo of the Consell's aid has reached the plenary session of the Parliament, where the spokesperson for MÉS per Mallorca, Lluís Apesteguia, has not spared reproaches to the PP. "Today they will approve that people from Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera will be excluded from aid if they live in Mallorca. They are "cheapskates", he said. In the plenary session of the island institution, Rosa Cursach (MÉS) remarked that "national priority will never be to discriminate against people based on their origin." The eco-sovereignist councilor also remarked that the package of measures does not respond to the real needs of the citizens and that it "turns social services into a tool of discrimination." "The PP has adopted the ideological framework of the far-right. It is not a real social shield, but a political operation dictated by Vox and obediently executed by the PP," she stated, adding that many people who work and contribute in Mallorca will remain without aid.

The spokesperson for the PSOE in the island institution, Catalina Cladera, warned that the aid package could be illegal because it violates basic principles of equality and contradicts state and European regulations. "It is a racial shield imposed by Vox and accepted without any resistance by the PP. It is an ideological filter that excludes precisely those who need it most," she assured. In this way, the PSOE will study legal actions in relation to "this discrimination and social exclusion that is being carried out to apply national priority."