The PSIB has once again brought to mind the figure of the late former President of the Government, Francesc Antich, to seek support in the general elections of next 29 November, with the aim of securing a fourth deputy for the Balearic Islands for the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies, after having had three representatives in the last legislature.
This Saturday, various Socialist officials took part in the central rally of the Balearic federation campaign in Palma, where they called for voting "with soul, strength and illusion" so that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, who is present at the event, can renew his term at the head of the Executive.
The head of the PSOE list for the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, has underscored that the party "goes out to win" in these elections, although she has insisted that the campaign will not end on 29N, but on 23 May 2027, the date of the next local, island, and regional elections.
In this line, she has brought up the words that Antich spoke during the campaign for the European elections in 2024, when he called for a "coherent" vote so that citizens "have a handhold, for peace and freedom".
The President of the Congress as well has emphasized that the former leader felt "very proud" that Catalan and the other co-official languages could be spoken in the Congress. In the face of the PP’s warnings about eliminating this possibility, she has defended that "the language is not touched".
Armengol has accused the PP and Vox of the fact that they "only talk about banning, rolling back, taking away rights and liberties" and she has set against the "insults" and the "bad manners" of these forces the existence of "people with rigor and a country proposal".
For the President of the Lower House, Spain is not "polarized", but rather there are parties that "did not accept the 2023 election result". In addition, she has predicted that on 29N they "are going to seethe" again because Sánchez will once again be President of the Government.
At the same time, she has also attacked the PP’s Govern for rejecting the debt forgiveness proposed by the central Executive, "at the expense of public health care and public education".
Armengol has also wanted to address the 'kellys' of the Balearic Islands and has criticized that they end their working careers with numerous ailments recognized as occupational diseases.
Regarding housing, he has recalled that responsibility lies with the autonomous governments and has held the President of the Govern, Marga Prohens, responsible for not applying the state housing law that would make it possible to lower rents.
The next intervention was that of the Secretary of State for Tourism and PSIB candidate for President of the Govern in 2027, Rosario Sánchez, who has said that the right “is afraid of progressives” and, for that reason, intends for them to “stay at home.”
Likewise, she has claimed several measures promoted during the legislature, such as increases to pensions, the minimum interprofessional wage, and autonomous funding, with the aim of strengthening services such as dependency care, education, and healthcare.
The socialist leader has defended that her party maintains a “commitment to rights, freedoms, and the future,” prioritizing “management” over “noise.”
For her part, the PSIB deputy and candidate for the Consell de Mallorca in 2027, Amanda Fernández, has highlighted that the island is a “finite” and “fragile” territory that must be preserved against “those who deny climate change.”
She has also argued that Mallorca is “culture and tradition,” with its own language that “unites” Mallorcans, and she has claimed it as a tool of “seny” to “fight racism and hate.”
In the same way, Fernández has referred to the “dignity” of the struggle of the educators of the ‘escoletes’ and has called on Sánchez to lead a government that will drive the “necessary changes” to “dignify” their working conditions.
The PSIB spokesperson in the Parlament and candidate for mayor of Palma in 2027, Iago Negueruela, has highlighted a “diverse” city, built by workers “from all parts,” “without hate,” where “it doesn’t matter what color of skin, religion, or who you love.”
For this reason, he has defended the administrative regularization of migrant people so that now they have “rights” and “no one renders them invisible” or “expels” them from a society in which they live and work.
The socialist candidate has stressed that the Balearic Islands needs the laws approved by the central Government, against the “boicot” of the mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez, for refusing to cap rental prices or tax empty homes.
Negueruela has urged to "expel" Airbnb from the city so that housing is at the service of citizens and not of "speculation". "Society cannot allow those who build the rich people's housing in Europe to live in caravans," he has concluded.