The third vice president of the Government and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Riberawill appear, at his own request, on November 20 before the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies to Explain your department’s role in relation to DANA which especially affected the province of Valencia on October 29.
Sources from the Ministry of Ecological Transition have explained that the appearance is similar to the one that the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory will hold this Wednesday, Angel Victor Torresfor account for the management of the Executive during this crisis.
In recent days, the PP has demanded the appearance of Ribera, whom he accuses of inaction in the management of DANA and of being more focused on preparing for the exam in Brussels than on the activity of his Ministry. For her part, she defends that she was aware at all times and even that He tried to contact, without success, the president of the Valencian Community, Carlos Mazón.
Vice President Ribera assured last Friday that she managed to speak with Mazón after call you four times on Tuesday, October 29, once he perceived the “concern” in CECOPI about the “difficulty” in decision-making and the “seriousness of the situation” at DANA.
Likewise, from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition they emphasized that the minister was “working and reachable” electronically from Brussels on the same Tuesday 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 “He reproached the vice president for not being interested in the situation.” of the DANA that has affected several towns in the province of Valencia “until 8:00 p.m.” on October 29. “I would ask the minister: Did the flood warning have to come? Did the alert have to come?” he questioned.
First reviews
The announcement of the appearance at his own request at parliamentary headquarters has already provoked the first criticism. The deputy of the European People’s Party group Dolors Montserrat pointed out tonight on the social network “She has been hiding and, now, to cover up her incompetence, she is asking to appear before Congress.”
Montserrat has wondered if this advertisement is “an image wash” facing the examination that Vice President Ribera has this Tuesday before the European Parliament, within the round of hearings that evaluate the future commissioners of the European Union.
The six new designated executive vice presidents of the European Commission face the challenges this Tuesday hearings before the European Parliament that will validate whether they are suitable for their new positions in Brusselsafter the vast majority of his future colleagues have already received the green light the previous week.
Among the six candidates, who are the most important figures in the organization chart of Ursula von der Leyen’s second term cabinet, is the Spanish Teresa Ribera, candidate for the executive vice presidency for a Clean, Fair and Competitive Transition, in addition to being responsible for the Competition portfolio
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