Ribera will appear at his own request by DANA on Wednesday the 20th in Congress

The third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Riberawill appear at his own request in the Plenary Session of Congress next Wednesday, November 20, to give an account of his management of DANA, as government sources have confirmed to Europa Press.

Sources from the Ministry of Ecological Transition explained to EFE that the appearance is similar to the one that the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory will carry out this WednesdayÁngel Víctor Torres, to report on the management of the central Executive during this crisis.

The announcement of the appearance at his own request in parliamentary headquarters has already caused the first reviews. The deputy of the European People’s Party group Dolors Montserrat pointed out tonight on the social network

In recent days, the PP has demanded the appearance of Ribera, whom it accuses of inaction in the management of DANA and to be more focused on preparing for the exam in Brussels than in the activity of her Ministry, although she defends that she was aware at all times and even tried to contact, without success, with the president of the Valencian Country, Carlos Mazón.

Reproaches

Vice President Ribera assured last Friday that she managed to speak with Mazón after call him four times on Tuesday the 29th, once he perceived the “concern” in the CECOPI about the “difficulty” in decision-making and the “seriousness of the situation” of the DANA, which officially leaves 222 confirmed fatalities, 214 in the province of Valencia.

Likewise, from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition they stressed that the minister was “working and reachable” telematically from Brussels on Tuesday the 29th and, a day later, returned to Madrid to physically join the DANA crisis committees that Moncloa promoted after the tragedy.

In this context, the Valencian president reproached the vice president for not being interested in the “DANA situation” that has affected several towns in the province of Valencia. “until 8:00 p.m.” last Tuesday, October 29. “I would ask the minister: Did the flood warning have to come? Did the alert have to come?” he questioned.