Government crisis

This comes after the demonstration through the streets of Palma on Tuesday calling for some of the restrictions to be scrapped. It could all be just a storm in a tea-cup but there is starting to be some unrest. The figures rather support the restrictive measures which have been introduced by the government; 116 people with Covid in intensive care in local hospitals and more than 10,000 cases. The roll out of the vaccine appears to have stalled as well and there is growing concern about the state of the local economy.

There is little doubt that Armengol will survive the political storm; one of the chief reasons is there does not appear to any sort of political opposition but the government will ponder the next steps in the battle against the coronavirus very carefully. I suspect that the ban on bars and restaurants will be lifted sooner rather than later because of the outcry but Armengol and her government will still have some difficult decisions to make.