The articulation of the motion of censure against the president of the Consell de Formentera, Llorenç Córdoba, enters its final stretch. Today it is foreseen that José Manuel Alcaraz to present his resignation as councilor of Sa Unió, the first sine qua non condition of GxF and PSOE to support the operation to overthrow the president.
This has been confirmed by Alcaraz himself, as reported by Periódico de Ibiza. The opposition parties have taken advantage of the biased report of the Code of Ethics Commission that censures the recording made by the former president of the PP of Formentera of a conversation with Cordoba and the subsequent leak of fragments of it to collect a piece in the form of political responsibilities with which to justify to their bases the step taken. In the conversation, Cordoba asked for a bonus.
Consensus President in Formentera
The other sine qua non condition for GxF and PSOE to facilitate Sa Unió’s return to power is the figure of the future president. Although Javier Serra has escaped the censure of the Code of Ethics Commission despite the manifest incompatibility of his participation in Marina Formentera, the company of Angel Bustos dedicated to the exploitation of marinas, the president of Compromis, a party coalition with the PP in Sa Unió, would be ruled out to assume the rod of command of Formentera. All eyes are on Óscar Portas, former councilor of Culture and Heritage, also affiliated to Compromís and who has been acting as unofficial spokesman for the coalition in matters relating to the crisis that began more than a year ago. In this line, Verónica Castelló would be ruled out as Córdoba’s successor.
No cordon sanitaire to the PP
Contrary to what the opposition parties had been saying until a few weeks ago, the report of the Code of Ethics Commission has been the excuse used to dodge the veto to the Popular Party.
In June, GxF proposed to PSOE and Compromís to articulate a motion of censure from which it excluded the Partido Popular, despite the fact that the center right went to the elections in coalition. Finally, Javier Serra dynamited the agreement by demanding the presidency. For its part, the PSOE assembly authorized the executive led by Rafa Ramirez to negotiate the motion with its former government partners on one condition: to exclude the Popular Party from the negotiation. The irruption of the investigation of the UCO in the crisis of Formentera and the ruse of giving a preponderant political role to the Ethics Code Commission in the resolution of the conflict have led to this change of criteria. Unless there are surprises, once the agreement is articulated, the respective bodies of both formations, executive or assemblies, must give the green light to the change of president in Formentera.
Minority government of sa Unió
Also unless there is a surprise, Llorenç Cordoba is determined to keep the conseller’s seat. Thus, Sa Unió faces two and a half years of legislature in minority, which will force it to agree with the two opposition groups and with the non-attached councilor the agreements that require absolute majority. In case of Cordoba’s resignation, Sa Unió would recover the ninth councilor and the absolute majority. It will have, therefore, a limited political maneuvering capacity, unless the unusual cordial entente that the three political groups have been showing in the last months is maintained. Cases such as the reform of the port of La Savina and the contest under suspicion of beach services initiated by GxF and PSOE and culminated by Sa Unió have been settled with the unanimity of the three formations . And the opposition has not opened its mouth on serious issues such as the expiration of the special plan of the port of La Savina that Javier Serra has never explained and the express license to the restaurant Caminito .
