The Partido Popular opposed the revision, its councillor Raquel Sánchez referring to the "hell" out on the streets of Magalluf (and also Santa Ponsa) because of the muggings and violence committed by so-called prostitutes.
PSOE's Andreu Serra, referring to the lack of success of the previous ordinance and to it having been dismissed by the court, said that there needed to be an approach to combat human trafficking which takes account of how and why women are forced into prostitution. Mayor Alfonso Rodríguez, responding to criticism that legal means for combating the problem were being removed, said that the town hall was not "de-criminalising" prostitution, because the town hall does not have competence for the matter.
On a separate issue - terrace taxes - the council meeting approved a measure by which there is to be an incentive to bars and restaurants to stay open more than eight months. If an establishment is open for between nine and twelve months, it will only need to pay terrace tax for eight months.
The town hall hopes that this will contribute to reducing the effects of seasonality and to boosting the local economy. There are over one thousand establishments of varying types in the municipality, and they represent a third of Calvia's economic activity.
Opposition parties, while going along with the measure, questioned whether it will have any real impact.
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I have visited Majorca the last six years 3 times a year .mainly staying in portals nous,and Palma nova.this year in portals we had the Russian escort girl expierance! Very aggressive! .the working girls in magaluf are a lot more aggressive now. Stop the Palma express bus between 10 and 11 pm ,haul them all off.and arrest the man in the White merc with p I m p on his no plate!.everyone gets a slice of the pie on fantasy island.it will never change too much money changing hands from top to bottom!
The PP had four years to sort this out and did nothing.
This problem reared its ugly head in Magaluf several years ago. I still find it incredulous that these females and their ' Pimps ' have not been deported. Surely, they are illegally working in Mallorca. Why can the Authorities not round them up, and return them to Nigeria etc. The disease and crimes they cause, will become a Major cause for concern for Tourists.