The relationship between the new government team of the Consell Insular de Formentera and the Govern is, at least, distant, cold. There were neither representatives of the Govern nor of the party in the plenary session that led to the investiture of Óscar Portas nor answers from the Govern to the request for the return of the competences of the unaccompanied migrant minors, something that the new insular president demanded in the first meeting with Marga Prohens.
Hours after the motion of censure against Llorenç Cordoba, who is also a non-attached deputy for Formentera, the Balearic PP issued a statement regretting the situation and warning that “the leadership bodies of the Popular Party will assess the possible internal consequences”.the leadership bodies of the Popular Party will assess the possible internal consequences of the censure motion”. against the councilors who voted in favor that December 27 of the proposal presented by Sa Unió, Gent per Formentera and PSOE.
A month and a half after that statement, everything seems to have remained in a tug of war for the gallery and, especially, to please Cordoba to ensure their parliamentary support than in a real sanction against the popular representatives of the smaller pitiusa.
From the Balearic PP have responded to La Voz de Ibiza that “there is no news“, putting on hold the possibility of sanctioning the fractious councilors who have disregarded the orders issued from Palma.
Thus, the councilors of Formentera with PP card, Verónica Castelló Pérez, Eva Nieto Arribas, Artal Mayans, Hugo Martínez Bermúdez and Belén Palerm Rodríguez (replacement of the resigned Alcaraz), who integrate the coalition of Sa Unió together with Compromís, will come out unscathed from the threats of the directives of Palma.
Failed negotiations
Already from Mallorca, Prohens herself had asked the Popular Party of Formentera for “responsibility“, calling “to reach agreements between the members of the government team” with the aim of “continuing to comply with the clear mandate for change that the citizens asked for at the polls on March 28“.
Thus, from the PP Baleares urged to “abandon all kinds of attitudes that are not others through which an agreement can be reached for the stability and governability of Formentera“.
The goal was to recompose the Governing Board of Formentera. However, the PP of Formentera torpedoed any attempt of rapprochement knowing that the motion of censure was just around the corner thanks to the ace in the hole: the report of the Code of Ethics and Good Governance Commission.
September 3 was the peak of a crisis that, on that day, showed that there was no return. The supposed agreement between Cordoba and the Sa Unió coalition, sponsored by the Balearic PP, vanished in seconds like sand between the fingers.
The Consell de Formentera had confirmed the formalization of a crucial agreement with Sa Unió to re-form a government team. However, within minutes, the PP-Compromís coalition categorically denied any agreement with Córdoba, stating that none of its councilors had participated in negotiations to join the Consell’s government team.
“There was a clear proposal on the table, which contemplated the incorporation of Sa Unió councilors to form the Governing Board and create vice-presidencies. However, after weeks of negotiations, now they say no,” explained Cordoba. The censure motion machinery was already in motion. And there was no turning back.
