“Keeping the Popular group united“, without “any directives” from Mallorca and disengaging from Sa Unió. This is how Francisco Ferrer, the president of the new president of the new management established by the Autonomous Executive Committee of the PP, Francisco Ferrer, has landed in Formentera. Ferrer has temporarily assumed the leadership of its insular board, after the institutional crisis that shook the formation on the island, with the support of Hugo Martinez and Eva Nieto in the management team. The measure comes after the resignation of José Manuel Alcaraz as president and Ana Negre as general secretary last June, in an attempt to stabilize the politics of the Consell. This morning, he gave an interview to Formentera Radio in which he said that “from the Popular Party of the Balearic Islands it has been deemed appropriate to create a management committee until the next Congress is held. There, a new president will be appointed to preside over the Popular Group of Formentera”. Therefore, he argued that this is a “momentary challenge until we hold a Congress, which right now I do not know if it will be soon or soon”.
He said his charge is to “keep the Popular Group united as we have always been and are” and differentiated between the PP and Sa Unió, although the latter is part of the coalition that has led to win the last elections to the current island president, Llorenç Córdoba. “One thing is the Partido Popular de Formentera, in this case, and another thing is the group Sa Unió or what is happening in the Consell,” he differentiated.
No differences
During the interview, Ferrer denied any difference between the PP of the Balearic Islands and the PP of Formentera. “That is not true. I think there has always been a very good understanding between Mallorca, the PP of the Balearic Islands and the PP of Formentera. What happens is that it is true that there are certain things that need to be polished, but the understanding is clear.” In addition, he said that the reasons for Alcaraz ‘s resignation were due to the fact that “the president had been saying for some time that he would like someone to replace him because it is not easy to lead a group like the PP of Formentera for so many years. In addition, it also had to do with his personal life and many other things, but I think that in no case, as has been commented, from the PP of the Balearic Islands he was forced to resign. As far as I know, it is not true”.
No guidelines
Ferrer said he has “no guidelines. I have been told that until the next Congress is held, my role is to keep the PP of Formentera united, as we have always been, until a new president or president is appointed. I would also like to encourage people to come forward and take office with enthusiasm.” “If you talk to me about reconducting the situation of Sa Unió, that no longer depends solely on the members of the Partido Popular. And to redirect the situation of the Consell, we will have to talk a lot,” he said.
The way out: Cordoba’s resignation
The new leader of the PP of Formentera said that “they have always said that the situation has an easy solution” and added that “the resignation of the president I think it would fix everything and so the Consell would return to what it was before. What happens is that, well, if the president does not consider resigning, we will see how we find a solution for the benefit of the people of Formentera so that this does not remain stagnant.” “I am open to dialogue with anyone, with the president, with the other political groups, and well, we should all find a way to make this go forward,” he noted. In any case, he affirmed that “the situation is not pleasant for anyone, not for me as a member of the popular group, not for anyone, not for any inhabitant of Formentera. It is clear that it is a situation that had never been experienced before, that legally there were not many things contemplated for something like this, but well, it has happened and we must all learn from this. And that is what we are doing”.
