Vox dismisses its deputy spokesperson in the Balearic Islands after the clash with the PP over the language

The clash between the PP and Vox in the Balearic Islands has also shaken the ultraconservative formation. This Wednesday, Santiago Abascal's party dismissed the deputy spokesperson in the regional Parliament, Francisco Cardona, just 24 hours after the clash with the group led by the president of the islands, Marga Prohens.. The popular party presented a proposal for a spending ceiling to articulate the 2024 budgets, but Vox voted against it in retaliation because the PP previously rejected its plan to implement free choice of language in schools in the region. Cardona defended supporting the initiative of his partners.

The linguistic issue has caused a small earthquake in the region. The future of the Prohens Government has been compromised after the first confrontation with Vox, which does not have executive responsibilities but is essential to carry out any initiative.. This Tuesday the tension skyrocketed in the plenary session after only a few months of coexistence.

The PP abstained from its partners' motion on language because it could not present its amendments to the motion, and then the conflict broke out.. Once their proposal was rejected, the ultraconservative party blocked the budget project along with left-wing groups..

The vote on the spending ceiling, a previous step to preparing the accounts, sparked a debate in the formation. Popular sources consulted by this newspaper explain that Vox had not proposed anything other than supporting the initiative, but finally voted against and left the immediate future of the Executive in the air.. Idoia Ribas, spokesperson for Abascal's party on the islands, justified the decision after the plenary session. “We do not have sufficient guarantees that with this spending ceiling the agreement we have with the Popular Party to guarantee the stability of government on these islands can be fully fulfilled,” he declared..

The vote and the exchange of reproaches between the two right-wing parties has uncovered an internal crisis in the parliamentary group. Only 24 hours after the clash, Ribas struck down Cardona as his deputy in Parliament. This newspaper has asked Vox in the Balearic Islands about the reasons for the dismissal, but they have declined to make any comment on the matter.. Ribas' second from now on will be deputy Sergio Rodríguez.

The situation in the Balearic Islands has come to a standstill. Vox declared after the plenary session that it hoped to recover the negotiations to bring its proposal for the language to fruition, but the truth is that its internal problems have interfered. The sources consulted by this newspaper assure that the group headed by Idoia Ribas has asked for one day before resuming contacts, so they will not sit down again until this Thursday at least..