Overview

• Idoia Ribas formally left Vox’s parliamentary group on July 8, citing sustained harassment and a public defamation campaign led by party leadership and spokesperson Manuela Cañadas.
• Her exit is the third defection in the Balearic Parliament since late 2023, reducing Vox’s regional delegation from eight deputies to six.
• The split followed a heated budget debate clash in which Ribas and Cañadas traded insults and nearly forced an interruption of the session.
• Ribas had resigned her party membership in April but remained in the group until ongoing hostilities made her full break unavoidable.
• Together with Agustín Buades and Sergio Rodríguez, Ribas co-founded the civil association Avanza en Libertad, signaling a deepening challenge to Vox’s internal cohesion.