The PSIB, MÉS per Mallorca, Més per Menorca, and Unidas Podemos have submitted a formal request to the Parliament's Bureau for the Lgtbi flag to be displayed again on the Chamber's facade on the occasion of Pride Day.
The request has been submitted through a joint document, signed by the spokespersons of each parliamentary group, in which they also call on the Presidency of the Parliament to reiterate its institutional support for Lgtbi people.
According to the opposition, this year's Pride Day in 2026 takes on "special significance" as it coincides with the tenth anniversary of the approval of the regional law aimed at guaranteeing the rights of lesbians, gays, trans, bisexuals, and intersex people and combating Lgtbi-phobia.
The signatory parties emphasize that the progress made in this decade is "undeniable" and has allowed the Balearic Islands to have a regulatory framework that, despite making the community a "pioneer in the defense of real equality," still needs to be "fully deployed, defended, and respected."
The left-wing groups warn of a scenario in which "new forms" of Lgtbi-phobia are emerging, from which the Balearic Islands are not exempt, as reflected in the homophobic assaults recently recorded in Palma and Andratx.
To this context, they add, are episodes of "regression, omission, or lack of institutional commitment" such as the controversy generated by the cancellation of the Pride festival organized by Ben Amics due to disagreements with the Palma City Council, or the "homophobic statements and attitudes of certain public authorities."
In this framework, they argue that the presence of the Lgtbi flag on the Parliament's facade "is not a decorative or accessory gesture" but the visible manifestation of a democratic commitment to respect for diversity.
The non-attached MP and former member of Vox, Agustín Buades, has responded to the left's initiative with another document in which he calls for the placement of the flag to be prevented, arguing that it constitutes "a breach of the essential political impartiality and neutrality that must govern public buildings."
Buades refers to a Supreme Court ruling that establishes that the display of non-official flags in public venues "is not compatible with the duty of objectivity and neutrality" required of administrations.
The debate on this issue had already caused confrontations in the Parlament previously, to the point that its president, Gabriel Le Senne (Vox), went to court to try to remove the Lgtbi flag from the building's facade.