Unidas Podemos leading the pre-election campaign in front of the Palacio de gate mariventsummer residence of the King of Spain, in Palma.

And it did so with the full controversy that was launched after the news The King Emeritus will return next week for the second time in three years on the Spanish soil after leaving Zarzuela in 2020 to settle in the United Arab Emirates.

Two purple formation deputies in Congress, Mayor Raphael And Lucymunozin turn the party’s candidate for mayor of Palma, has demanded in front of Mayor Cala’s palace that it stop being used by the king as a “holiday home”.

They want the private use of their buildings and gardens to end, to be fully open to the public and to be “in museums and art schools”.

For the Podemos leaders, “the people have the right to use” the formidable architectural complex that housed the palace, in an old house belonging to an Egyptian patron and artist of Greek origin. John of Saridakiswhose widow gave it to the Balearic Islands Provincial Council in 1966.

Unlike other buildings used by monarchs, it does not belong to the National Heritage, but to the Balearic Autonomous Community (where, since 2015, Podemos co-rules with PSOE, without any changes to date).

anti-monarchist offensive

“Over the years they have contributed millions of euros workers for this to be a rest home and the museum remains closed,” said the Mayor, head of a party area called Republican Horizon.

“We – he added at the palace gates – “we want the museum to reopen now, to be an art school and for the public to have the right to use the 3,000 square meters of green space.”

In addition, the Mayor has indicated that there has been a “colossal loss of the art collection” and has criticized that due to “the obscurity and obscurity with everything related to the monarchy, there is no possibility of accessing documents that can show that this is what happened. with a cut”.

In his complaint, he criticized that “the dictatorship handed over the palace to the Royal Family, which violated the will of donors and formed part of the Francoist pillage“.

According to what party member Pablo Iglesias pointed out, some of the missing works in the collection, which were found by Saridakis’ relatives, included paintings by Goya, Picasso, Sorolla, or Delacroix.

During this Holy Week, the King’s mother, Doña Sofía, spent several days at the Palace, as she usually did every year. King Felipe VI paid a quick visit to his mother, even though he left the island last week.

Unidas Podemos has thus redoubled its anti-monarchist stance after reacting strongly yesterday to the imminent visit of Juan Carlos I, unveiled on Monday by EL MUNDO.

Podemos co-spokesperson, Javier Sánchez Serna, described the return of King Emeritus Juan Carlos to Spain as “democratic indecency”when, he added, “he has not given a public explanation of his alleged corruption”, referring to an investigation opened by the Prosecutor’s Office and filed in Spain without judicial consequence.

Second trip

As this paper reports, the King Emeritus tour will take place next week and it will be the second leg of a European leg that will take him to the United Kingdom beforehand.

The first part of his journey will take him to London to attend to an invitation that has been sent to him Charles III, the British head of state and his kin. It will be a private lunch a few days before the coronation date of the British king.

Later, the plans of the former Head of State (a regular summer resident of Marivent during his reign) involved moving from the British capital to Vigo to participate in a regatta in Sanxenxo along with the crew of their traditional boat, the sailboat Bastard.

His visit will take place the week of April 17-23. A priori, this goes back to Spanish it’s not comfortable Operetta than originally planned for May, it is too close to the local elections on May 28.

However, his return has sparked a series of anti-monarchist statements, as evidenced by today’s photo at Marivent. Staging claims which, on the other hand, are not new, and which occur from time to time, are also in circles nationalist party who ruled the Balearic Islands.

At Sanxenxo, the King Emeritus has scheduled a regatta Spanish Cup Next April 22 and 23, although, as El Mundo revealed, he had already assured his friends that he wanted a few days earlier to participate in training. At age 85, he told employers he was in good health, according to sources consulted, and wanted to return to business. Spanish and practice their passion for regatta with friends.