The Camins Públics i Oberts Platform has sent an open letter to the mayor of Manacor, Miquel Oliver, reproaching him for his "inaction" in defending public paths and suggesting that his management is more akin to that of the PP than Més.
The Camins Públics i Oberts Platform has broken its silence and directed an open letter to the mayor of Manacor, Miquel Oliver (Més), accusing him of abandoning the protection of the municipality's public paths. The tone of the letter is so harsh that the activists go as far as to compare his management to that of a hypothetical PP candidate. "Given the balance of his management regarding public paths, it's hard not to think that certain decisions would fit much better in the PP's programme," they state.
A letter questioning Oliver's political coherence
The letter, sent this week, not only criticises the lack of progress in recovering historical trails but also questions the ideological coherence of the mayor. The platform reminds Oliver that he aspires to leap into island politics as the lead candidate for the ecosovereignists in the Consell de Mallorca, and they retort: "After these years in office, we wouldn't find it hard to imagine him as an excellent PP candidate in the Consell."
One of the points that has generated the most indignation among path defenders is the announcement that the former PP mayor Catalina Sureda will be honoured with the title of favourite daughter of Manacor. Sureda, who governed from 1996 to 1999, is currently in a dispute with the Town Hall over the ownership of the old path from Cala Magraner to Cala Pilota. "Are you aware of this?" the platform asks the mayor.
“Are you aware that the former mayor is in a dispute with the Town Hall over a public path?” the platform questions Oliver.
Seventeen years of unfulfilled promises
The association reminds that 17 years have passed since the signing of the agreement with the owner of es Fangar, and the camí de la Plana, which crosses the Puig d’Alanar estate —also linked to the Sureda family— "remains closed." For the platform, this trajectory does not deserve the highest distinction that the municipality can grant.
The collective expresses its "deep disappointment and frustration" with Oliver for a management they consider distant from the protection of common heritage. They criticise that, after seven years, the Town Hall has not promoted the inventory of public paths, a key tool to guarantee their ownership and public use. "Seven years of promises, good words, and a surprising ability to postpone what has never been a priority," they lament.
The platform denounces that this institutional passivity favours those who "usurp, close or hinder" access to historical paths, and warns that situations contrary to the general interest are consolidating. "The defence of public road heritage occupies a very discreet place in municipal priorities," they conclude.
The mayor's response and the future of the paths
So far, Miquel Oliver has not publicly responded to the accusations. The platform, for its part, makes it clear that it does not intend to lower its guard and will remain vigilant to ensure that the paths of Manacor are accessible to all. Meanwhile, residents of the Llevant region hope that the next path inventory —if it arrives— will put an end to decades of disputes and illegal closures.
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