In front of all the members of the cabinet, the new Balearic minister for culture, participation and sport, Fanny Tur, yesterday performed the official act of ministerial appointment. President Armengol described Tur as a "determined" woman with demonstrable management ability.
Tur, from Ibiza, has replaced Ruth Mateu, who resigned as minister for transparency, culture and sport as a consequence of the contracts affair which has affected Més. The transparency portfolio has been moved to the department of the presidency.
At the ceremony, Armengol also gave words of remembrance for Carme Chacón, the former minister of defence and a leading member of PSOE, who died on Sunday, aged 46. Chacón had at one time appeared to be a potential leader of PSOE.
While this change in the cabinet's make-up was being confirmed, Marga Prohens, the parliamentary spokesperson for the Partido Popular and now also the party's vice-president, said that the only possible remodelling of the government required the "immediate dismissal" of both Biel Barceló and Vicenç Vidal. Both ministers, at tourism and environment, are involved in the contracts affair. Prohens added that the bandages have been applied but that it is a "scalpel" which is really needed.
Podemos are also considering calling for Barceló's head, and that of environment minister Vicenç Vidal. They will wait and what the two have to say for themselves when they speak in parliament.
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Absolutely! Time for him to go, and take all his Més cronies with him. Everybody knows if you are a politician you can't nod through contracts to friends. And the damage he has done to the island will take years to undo. Let's have the elections now.
Couldn't agree more, Barcelo should be sacked. Trying to affect radical and undemocratic changes to the rental market just to suit his greedy hotelier friends is outrageous, - and definitely NOT transparent. While we're here, if we need more accomodation for police and hotel workers, build some cheap rent council houses like the rest of Europe. Enough crappy 1960 hotels already.
Couldn't aggree more, Barcelo should be sacked. Trying to affect radical changes to the rental market to suit the greedy hoteliers is outrageous. While we're here, if we need more accomodation for police and hotel workers, build some cheap rent council houses like the rest of Europe. Enough crappy 1960 hotels already.