At the end of Thursday’s plenary session, where the report of the Ethics and Good Governance Code of Ethics and Good Governance CommissionThe president of the Consell de Formentera, Llorenç Córdoba, insisted that he will not allow the reinstatement of José Alcaraz to the Governing Board, assuring that “he is the only person that I dismissed at the time”. Córdoba has explained that his priority is “to guarantee the good government of the Consell above any political struggle or personal conflict”, and has pointed out that he is open to integrate other people willing to work as a team. “The Consell has to be governed, that is the most important thing,” he added. Inclusive, when asked about the visit to the island of Sebastià Sagreras, spokesman for the Popular Party, who met with the local PP and Córdoba himself in an attempt to build bridges and seek solutions to the institutional situation that the island is going through, Córdoba has clarified that he does not disagree with the possible reinstatement of councilors such as Javi Serra or Verònica Castelló to the Governing Board, but reiterated his absolute refusal to allow the return of José Alcaraz, whom he dismissed at the time. “Not Alcaraz”, he stated emphatically.
The faults in the report
Regarding the report issued by the Code of Ethics Commission, Cordoba has highlighted serious shortcomings in its content, underlining the absence of topics such as the following such as the incompatibility of consellers, including Javi Serra, which he considers essential.
“In its index I think there are quite a few things missing. I do not understand how issues such as the incompatibilities of consellers are not included, but I will look at it,” he said. Likewise, he has insisted that he needs time to analyze the 48 pages of the document before making a definitive judgment. ” Let me move forward, read this document at least to understand it,” he said.
“Teatrillo” and the leaked recordings.
Cordoba has stated that what happened is part of a long-planned strategy. “This is nothing new. What has happened today, as I have already said at the time, has been a theatrics. We can call it whatever we want,” he said. Cordoba has accused the opposition of having mounted a previously calculated strategy, ensuring that what happened was predictable. “This has been a staging of something that weeks ago I said would happen. We are not Nostradamus, it was logical,” he explained. In addition, he has questioned the use of recordings that would have been made before the dates in which he is accused of generating problems. “Maybe it wasn’t me who started the problem. Maybe what I did was a perfect excuse to say that I had started it,” he reflected. In view of this, he recalled that
“They have spoken of recordings prior to the day on which they said I started to cause a problem. They have told me it was on November 27, but on the 4th they were already recording me and passing it on to the media”.
Opposition accusations
As for the accusations of having requested the withdrawal of the proposal presented by Gent per Formentera and the PSOE, which urged the Consell to denounce him criminally for statements against the commission, Cordoba has been categorical: “It’s a lie. I have not asked them to withdraw that,” he said. He has also defended his vote against the proposal as a measure to preserve his ability to respond judicially. “I can’t vote in favor because if I do, I won’t be able to take legal action. I intend to vote against,” he explained. The president has also expressed the management of the extraordinary plenary recently convened, noting that it did not include certain points to respect the allegations previously submitted. “I could not convene a plenary introducing this point because it went against the allegations I had made. When it has been possible to convene, it has been done in an extraordinary way, without going against the document,” he has pointed out. Cordoba has insisted that the publication of the report was inevitable. “If it had to come out one day, they had already said it, it had to come out one day. It was done and it had to come out,” he added. Finally, Cordoba has reiterated the importance of all those involved assuming their responsibilities after thoroughly analyzing the report. “Now the report has been delivered, it has to be read, it has to be assimilated, it has to be looked at. Then I think we will all have to say what corresponds,” he concluded.
