The president of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Margalida Prohens, attended the closing ceremony of the year commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands, which took place at the Consolat de Mar. Prohens has valued the text of the Statute and said that “it is the framework of coexistence that articulates our autonomy, also the path that marks our roadmap, the framework within which we will always move and take every step as Govern”.

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Prohens highlights the value of the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands

The President stressed that with the commemoration of these forty years and with today’s event, the work of the men who, through harmony, dialogue and understanding, worked to achieve the Statute and autonomy forty years ago, is being recognized.

During the act, the president has imposed the coat of arms of the Autonomous Community to the fathers of the Statute present, Lluís Piña, Joan Josep Ribas, Francesc Tutzó and Damià Ferrà Pons, and has extended it to Ignasi Ribas and Vicent Ferrer, who could not attend the act, and also to the relatives of those who have received it posthumously, such as Rafael Gil Mendoza, Fèlix Pons, Gregori Mir, Josep Cañellas and Andreu Murillo. In addition, Francesc Tutzó, on behalf of the parents of the Statute, said a few words.

The closing ceremony was also attended by authorities of the Balearic Islands, such as the president of the Parliament, Gabriel Le Senne; the president of the Consell Insular de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés; the commander general of the Balearic Islands, Fernando L. Gracia; the Councilor of Presidency and Public Administrations, Antònia Estarellas; the Councilor of Health, Manuela García; the Councilor of Education and Universities, Antoni Vera; the Councilor of Families and Social Affairs, Catalina Cirer, and the Councilor of Agriculture, Fishing and Natural Environment, Joan Simonet, among others.