Residents will mobilize in response to Cort's "lack of transparency" regarding the felling of the beautiful shade trees: "We will not stop"

Residents of Palma and the Citizens' Platform in Defense of Beautiful Shade Trees will continue their protests to demand accountability from the Palma City Council (Cort) for the felling of 17 trees in Plaça de Llorenç Villalonga. "We will not stop," declared Nina, spokesperson for the Canamunt Residents' Association. They also announced plans for further actions to denounce "the unnecessary mass felling, the refusal to consider a less drastic measure, the lack of transparency, the absence of citizen participation, and the speed with which the felling was carried out," among other issues, explained the president of the La Calatrava Residents' Association. The residents requested an urgent meeting with the mayor of Palma, Jaime Martinez, to initiate a dialogue and halt any similar actions to those taken in Plaça de Llorenç Villalonga. "We want an urban forest."

The coordinators of the initiatives have not specified what kind of activities the events will be because, as they believe, "the element of surprise is very important." With these demands, the citizens intend to ask the City Council a series of questions that challenge and cast doubt on its actions. "Were 17 diseased trees planted in a year and a half? Why, if the trees posed such a high risk of falling, wasn't the plaza closed to traffic during the massive festival for the town's patron saint or during the wine fair held in Parque del Mar?" Navarro asked.