Overview

• Goretti Sanmartín confirmed she will skip the July 14 ceremony at Pazo de Raxoi but plans to represent the city at the traditional July 24 event
• The mayor argues that awarding the medal to Princess Leonor whitewashes a politically contested monarchy and that the princess has no noteworthy service to Galicia Galiza Nova has shifted its escrache protest to the Fonseca area to coincide with the early medal presentation for Leonor
• PP and PSOE councilors in Santiago’s city hall say Sanmartín is neglecting her institutional duties by prioritizing party ideology over her mayoral role
• The Xunta de Galicia’s decision to split this year’s Medalla de Galicia into an early ceremony for Leonor and the main awards on July 24 breaks with longstanding tradition