Opposition say Bauzá must resign as leader

The Socialists have presented a claim against an analysis that Bauzá's own ruling Partido Popular team made of his business interests in October this year and how they affected, or not, his leadership of the Balearics.

Government technicians who compiled the report on Bauzá's position as director of two companies at the same time as being President of the Islands, concluded that the President was not breaking the law in any way. The report was not made available to the Opposition.

However, the Balearic Socialist leader Francina Armengol and the PSM General Secretary Biel Barceló have said that not only are Bauzá's business interests incompatible with his position as President but he also allegedly hid business activities in his declaration to Parliament. “We've exhausted all political means of bringing this illegal situation to light,” said Armengol “which is why we are now resorting to law.” Defiant
Meanwhile, President Bauzá remained defiant yesterday, saying that “there is no incompatibility whatsoever between the Presidency and my business interests, and that is the only statement which needs to be made.” The President said that he was tired of “below the belt” attacks from the Opposition and attempts to defame his character. He said that he would not discount resorting to legal means to defend his position.

Bauzá said that Armengol and Barceló were using every possible means to jeopardise his position as Balearic leader. “It is nothing other than calumny,” claimed the Balearic leader with regard to claims being made about his private property and dealings unconnected with the regional Presidency.

Francina Armengol says that “once and for all,” her party wants to see “absolute transparency in public government” and slammed Bauzá's moral code as “unsubstantial and unethical.”