The mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez (PP), has urgently called on the Government Delegation in Baleares to proceed to dismantle the encampment for housing installed in the central plaza España, after the National Police have acted in the same way in Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
From the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, Martínez has pointed out to the media that, in parallel to that possible state intervention, the Palma Local Police will begin the processing of sanctioning proceedings against the campers who violate the civic ordinance and the regulations on the occupation of public roads.
After the eviction of the Sol encampment, the councillor has sent this Tuesday a new written request to the Government delegate in Baleares, Pere Joan Pons, reiterating his request for the same action to be taken with those gathered in the Balearic capital, considering that the protest has ceased to be protected by the right of assembly and that, consequently, the administrations must intervene.
"The same should be done as in Madrid, and we will do it. I have already given instructions for the civic ordinance and the ordinance on the occupation of public roads to be enforced in order to make available again to the citizens a space that should never have been occupied because it is not protected by the right of assembly that they have wanted us to believe in recent weeks," he said.
Martínez has defended that "Baleares is no different from Madrid, since the same laws and the same regulations apply". "If in Madrid it is understood that this concentration is no longer provided for in the right of assembly, here the same has to happen," the mayor insisted.
According to what he has stated, the police intervention in the Sol encampment responds to "public order problems" that, he maintains, have also occurred in plaza España, which is why he considers it necessary to "act" and "prevent".
While the Government Delegation "analyzes" the request sent from Cort, the Palma Local Police will begin from this same Tuesday to enforce the municipal ordinances. "Those ordinances have economic sanctions if the rules are not complied with. Those who fail to comply will have to be identified, a report drawn up and sanctioning proceedings opened," Martínez explained.