US EditionIbiza and Formentera, History of a 'Divorce': Congress Votes Constitutional Reform to Give Small Pitiusa a Senator · Global Voices
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The constitutional reform goes ahead with the only vote against Vox and a parliamentary carambola that allows the PP to shield the name of Ibi...
The Congress takes the first step to have Formentera have a senator of its own in the next elections and has approved on Thursday the reform of the Constitution promoted by the Parliament of the Balearic Islands that modifies Article 69.3 so that Formentera disengages itself from the electoral tandem that currently conforms to Ibiza. Only Vox has voted against this constitutional reform on Formentera, whose text will now be passed to the Senate …
The fourth reform of the Constitution has been underway since 1978. It will be a retouching to allow the island of Formentera to elect its own senator and not jointly with Ibiza. The plenary of Congress approved it this Thursday by the express method of single processing and now remains pending ratification of the Senate. Like all the reforms of the fundamental law, it required the support of at least three fifths of the lower house (210 deputie…
The smallest of the Balearic Islands, with 12,000 permanent residents, is currently dependent on Ibiza in the Upper House. The initiative must now go to the Senate. In the background of the decision is the struggle of the two political blocs to control one senator more Read
The plenary of the Congress debates and votes on Thursday a reform of the Constitution. It is an occasion pointed out because the Magna Carta of 1978 has been modified on few occasions (only three). This time it is a question of listening, and perhaps assuming, a historic demand of the island of Formentera: having a senator of its own. Part of the Balearic archipelago, the Pitiusas Islands are two: Ibiza and Formentera. The first, largest and to…
The Spanish Congress has approved the reform of the Spanish constitution so that Formentera has its own senator, a historic demand that has so far failed in previous legislatures. The initiative breaks the current constituency shared with Ibiza and recognizes the political uniqueness of the island. The vote has exceeded the threshold of three-fifths required, with 312 votes in favor, 33 against and 5 abstentions. Only Vox opposed it and UPN and …
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