Unknown individuals have stolen the protest materials installed by the teaching staff of Girona as part of Temps de Flors. The events occurred on Carrer Nou, where several educational centers had placed elements in defense of public education.
The action specifically affected the school's Annexa assemblies. The management team reported that the manifestos, QR codes, and yellow lilies placed during the day are missing. The institution described the incident as a deliberate attack against its message.
The materials disappeared in less than six hours
The management of the educational center explained through its official channels that the installation did not remain intact for even half a day. They consider that it is not an isolated prank, but rather an action directed against the visibility of their demands.
Enric Pujades, a member of the Annexa school's management team, detailed the original intention of the intervention. The teachers sought to take advantage of the street's decorative tradition to introduce a critical discourse."We wanted to take advantage of the traditional decoration of Carrer Nou to include messages about the public education situation with a component of protest of a different character and tone" - Enric Pujades, member of the management team of the Annexa school
This strategy aimed to break with the usual aesthetic of flowers to incorporate political and social content. The objective was to use public space as a loudspeaker for the shortcomings of the current educational system.
Mayor rejects attacks on school compositions
Before the subtraction, tensions arose between the event organizers and the participants. Sources from the school environment assured that they received prior notices about the need to adjust the contents.
These messages were interpreted as a veto threat. The centers feared being excluded from future editions if they did not comply with the aesthetic criteria demanded by the Association of Merchants of the U Zone. The Girona City Council intervened to clarify the institutional stance. The local administration guaranteed the autonomy of educational centers to design their own artistic and conceptual proposals. Lluc Salellas, mayor of Girona, showed his outright rejection of any attempt to silence these initiatives. He defended that schools should determine the content of their installations without external interference. Gemma Geis, deputy mayor of the city, also spoke about the conflict. She assured that the city council does not practice censorship and regretted the forced removal of critical elements."No censorship of any kind is being exercised" - Gemma Geis, Deputy Mayor of Girona
The municipal stance seeks to balance festive tradition with the freedom of expression of the educational community. Local authorities insist on protecting the right to protest within the cultural framework of the event.
The Annexa school maintains its public complaint regarding the disappearance of its symbols. The yellow lilies and the eliminated codes represented the connection between ornamental flora and the fight for public education.