A clear explanation from the president of the Balearic Islands is urgent.

The exclusive that EL MUNDO publishes today places Francina Armengol in a delicate situation, once again punctuated by the Ports case, for which the president of the Islands Port Authority, Joan Gual de Torrella, until then

one of the his most trusted men

.

Indeed, the emails intervened by the Civil Guard to Gual de Torrella reveal that he planned to meet with President Armengol to talk

lar of the Mahón contest before the presumed fix.

They pressure me to prevaricate.

I'll talk to Francina »

, the accused writes to his collaborators.

And he did indeed meet her.

According to these emails, Armengol's henchman promoted the meeting because they were forcing him to commit a crime to

stop the contest and grant 170 moorings in Mahón to a group of local businessmen

.

In just two months the award was executed, later denounced by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office for having been carried out "for political indications."

Gual's email was addressed, among others, to Marc Pons, then

Balearic Minister of Territory of the PSOE and today director of the cabinet of the Ministry of Ecological Transition

, in the Government of Sánchez.

Pons was at that time one of the most prominent men in the Armengol Government.

This is the third time that the Balearic president appears involved in the summary of the

Ports case

.

A manuscript of the former high socialist office reflects that

He met with her to discuss the rigging before his arrest

, and in a wiretapped telephone conversation, Gual de Torrella confesses that he met with Armengol after his arrest and that Armengol supported him despite the accusations from the Anti-Corruption and the Civil Guard.

The image of Armengol does not go through at its best, beyond the garrafal identity drift that, in imitation of the

you process

Catalan, promotes a leader before nationalist than socialist through linguistic immersion in classrooms and in the Administration.

The recurrent refusal to investigate the shameful case of prostituted minors under public guardianship was compounded during the pandemic by the intolerable attitude of a baroness who, while imposing harsh restrictions on his citizens, not only did not preach by example but also had fun in a bar until the wee hours of the morning.

But now we are talking about something different, and much more serious.

A close associate of the Balearic president, who is at liberty on charges of corruption,

He admits to having gone to «Francina» before allegedly rigging the contract for which he was arrested.

The citizens of the Islands do not deserve cowardice and silence for any response from a president on whom the shadow of suspicion will fall until she is able to clear it.

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