PSOE and Sumar representatives in Congress have filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court against the decree issued by Marga Prohens, member of the Popular Party (PP), which eliminates the requirement for knowledge of Catalan in the healthcare system. This complaint has been promoted by the Balearic Cultural Association (OCB) and was announced by PSIB and MÉS spokespersons in the Balearic Parliament, Iago Negueruela and Lluís Apesteguia, as well as OCB board member Antoni Llabrés.

The OCB argues that Prohens' decree "violates the principle of equality enshrined in the Constitution and the non-discrimination principle based on language, recognized in the Autonomy Statute." They also believe that it "undermines the regime of linguistic co-officiality in force."

According to Llabrés, the decree "violates the prohibition of arbitrariness by public authorities, in relation to the mandate to protect all Spanish languages ​​set forth in article 3.3 of the Constitution, and the jurisprudential principle of non-regression, in this case in terms of linguistic rights. The elimination of guarantees for the exercise of the language choice right, proclaimed in article 14.3 of the Statute, constitutes a regression of the legal status of the Catalan language that is neither reasonable nor proportionate, and contrary to the mandates of normalization."

They also argue that the decree law is being used fraudulently, claiming that "it is not a case of extraordinary and urgent need."

"It does not contain an explicit and reasoned definition of the situation, as required by constitutional jurisprudence, that could legitimize the Government's actions; nor does it provide what the Constitutional Court calls a 'connection of meaning' between the situation declared as extraordinary and urgent and the specific measures adopted in the Decree Law, considering them necessary to alleviate it," they explain.

Regarding the language rights of the citizens of the Balearic Islands, Llabrés stated that "their right to communicate with the healthcare administration in their language of preference, if it is Catalan, will be mutilated, which constitutes a violation of the language choice right established in article 14.3 of the Statute."

The removal of the requirement to know Catalan for access to public healthcare was one of the points agreed upon by the PP and Vox in the Balearic Islands. It was included in a plan of urgent measures to attract and retain healthcare professionals in the community and was one of the first measures taken by the new government.

As a result, knowledge of Catalan is once again considered a merit, reversing the regulatory changes introduced by the government of Francina Armengol. In late September, the Parliament validated the decree that included this measure, with votes against from PSIB, MÉS, and Unidas Podemos.

In addition, this Tuesday, the plenary session approved a motion by Vox requesting that lack of knowledge of Catalan not penalize access to the entire civil service, not just healthcare. The Sa Unió deputy (a coalition supported by the PP in Formentera) distanced himself by abstaining.

However, the spokesperson for the Government, Antoni Costa, indicated a few days ago that there are no plans to extend the measure to the entire civil service in the short term, and he assured that the agreement does not imply the total elimination of the Catalan requirement in the civil service as a whole: "It does not say so anywhere."