A former mayor of the Putrid Party ( PP) in the Balearic Islands with flag of Franco
The former mayor of the municipality of Calvia, Miguel Bonet, has hung the Franco flag as profile picture Facebook, although only a month ago that left the session. But it's not the only one in the Balearic PP with sympathy for the symbols of the dictatorship. The current and newcomer Majorcan town mayor, also the, Antonio Alarcon, People's Party and the deputy in the Consell de Mallorca, Esperanza Català, soon give 'I'. Initially also another conservative councilman, Daniel Perpiñà, published his gesture support Bonet, but soon recanted, according to newspaper mallorcaconfidencial.com
Calvia Open Esquerra has announced in a statement that it will present a motion to the full City Council condemnation to Bonet, the Councillor and other PP members who have expressed their support.
"Despite doing on a personal level, it is still a public space," he recalled the leftist coalition. Bonet, however, remains today the official City of Calvia and party member.
Open Esquerra has also criticized that, after learning of his use of the flag on the Internet, Bonet, "far from apologizing, has claimed the action."
Is the Prosecutor will act?
Municipal spokesman leftist group, Rafel Sedano, said that "you can not allow public representatives make apology of fascism."
"Such statements incite hatred and violence and therefore we would like to know if the State Attorney's office will act with the same forcefulness that on other occasions, consistent with what he has done in recent months against citizens contrary to the claimed in this situation ideology, "he questioned Senate, referring to cases such as the former councilmen of Culture in the city of Madrid, Guillermo Zapata, who resigned over a controversial tweet alluding to ETA victims written several years .
Open Esquerra Councilman Alfonso Rodriguez has said that despite its opposition to the "gag rule", this "still in force" and should not be allowed to "make distinctions" in its application.
Two years ago, New Generations (NNGG) PP Burgos expedientó an affiliate and mayor pawn Castil (Burgos), Mario Laso, to appear on social networks exhibiting a keychain in the Franco flag.