Animal-rights campaigner to run for Palma election

It should be stressed that this group has nothing whatsoever to do with Actúa-Vox, the right-wing party of Jorge Campos. The Garzón party adopted the name before and has attempted to get Actúa-Vox changed. Amengual is a one-time member of Més and has most recently been the coordinator for animal welfare matters with the Esquerra Unida (United Left).

He says that he will be an "animal-rights" candidate, while other priorities will be sorting out problems with waste collection, spills of faecal water and traffic. Anti-social behaviour will also be at the top of his agenda.

Amengual has been a constant critic of the current town hall administration and of a failure to provide adequate protection to horses that draw carriages during the season. He would create an office for animal protection and withdraw horse-drawn carriages and replace them with electric ones.