Follow live Pedro Sánchez’s appearance on DANA today in Congress and the Government control session marked by the cases of Víctor de Aldama and Juan Lobato.
10:15
Abascal: «Sánchez is deeply in love with himself, to the point that he asks the victims to applaud him»
10:13
Abascal: “Sánchez does not run a Government, he runs a macro network of corruption”
«For a long time (Sánchez) has made use of all the institutions of the State without any type of limit to avoid the action of Justice; “That’s what he’s busy with.”
10:12
Abascal, to Sánchez: “If he needs applause, he should ask for it”
10:09
Abascal: “There was no investment to avoid the catastrophe, even the planned works that would have prevented it were scrapped for ideological reasons”
10:04
Feijóo, to Sánchez: “He has begged those he calls extreme right to appoint Mrs. Ribera as European Commissioner”
«With the European extreme right and the nationalist right in Spain; “Who has seen you and who sees you, Mr. Sánchez.”
10:03
Feijóo: “I reiterate my group’s support for the reconstruction measures”
10:00
Feijóo: «I would not have left the Kings of Spain alone»
“I would have declared a national emergency, I would not have skimped on resources, I would not have waited for them to ask me for help, I would not have left the Kings of Spain alone and it would not have occurred to me to tell the Valencians: ‘I’m fine.’ Do you think any Valencian cares if you are okay?
09:57
Feijóo: “His government did not react until 11 at night”
«You should have been the Government of Spain and you decided to be the opposition to the Generalitat of Valencia. You should have declared a national emergency. You have not fulfilled the law. Sir, Marlaska, omission of the duty to provide relief is a crime. Why didn’t you declare a national emergency, because you couldn’t or they didn’t let you?
09:53
Feijóo: «Does it seem right to you to have the Forata dam on the verge of bursting and not to declare a national emergency at that moment before the risk of 80,000 people below the dam?
Feijóo accuses Sánchez of not being “self-critical” and of “lack of humanity.”
09:49
Feijóo, to Sánchez: “People are not going to forgive him for abandoning him”
«He comes to this debate almost a month later. You shouldn’t be here. You arrive late and do not speak for those affected but for yourself, for the corruption cases that bear your name. “They have used the resources of the Spanish, they should apologize and leave.”
09:48
Feijóo: “From this Congress, already knowing the dimension of the tragedy, the only urgency for your honors was RTVE”
09:47
Feijóo: “Sorry to those who believe that politics has not been up to par”
09:44
Sánchez: “I do not believe that the autonomous State has failed or that the system has failed, some parts and people have failed”
«There are some people in very high positions who have not lived up to the responsibility, who have not understood their responsibility or have ignored it. Knowing who they are is easy, because they make mistakes again and throw mud when they should be focusing on repairing infrastructure and helping the victims of this disaster.
09:42
Sánchez announces direct aid of up to 10,000 euros for those who need a new car
The President of the Government has also announced direct aid of up to 10,000 euros for anyone who needs a new car. “The aid will not have to be returned and will be added to the aid already requested,” he explained.
09:34
Sánchez announces a third package of measures valued at 2,274 million euros for the affected areas
The President of the Government has announced a new aid package valued at 2,274 million euros. “The Government is going to hold an extraordinary Council of Ministers tomorrow where it will approve a new package with 60 measures designed to accelerate the return to normality in the affected areas,” said the president, focused on citizens, the vehicle fleet and productive growth.
09:25
Sánchez insists that it is the local and regional administrations that have to ask the Government for help in this type of crisis
«They have to understand that one of the biggest threats is to act in a chaotic and disorganized way, that is why we must respond to the requests of local and regional administrations, because they are the ones on the ground and know first-hand what they need. Their requests must be attended to, and we have done it and we have done it,” said the president.
09:21
«The Government of Spain was prepared from the first moment»
“The Ministry of Defense prepared the UME to be ready that Tuesday despite the fact that the Minister of Justice rejected the offer to mobilize it up to three times,” Sánchez insisted.
09:19
Sánchez: «The data was prepared, the notices were issued and the information reached all the competent institutions, a different thing is what those institutions did with that information»
09:18
«DANA was omnipresent in the media since the morning of that Tuesday, October 29»
09:15
Sánchez: “The question is whether the Government fulfilled these responsibilities and the answer is yes, it did so from the first moment”
“The distribution of powers of our autonomous State is somewhat ambiguous, there are overlaps and doubts about who has to do what, but that is not the case in this issue,” explained Sánchez, who insisted that “the law establishes with crystal clarity” that in level 2 emergencies the responsibility falls on autonomy. The State – he has stated – must provide information about the time that will occur and give the community the means to respond to the crisis. “The question is whether the Government fulfilled these responsibilities and the answer is yes, it did so from the first moment.” The president has also made reference to the good work carried out by the AEMET and the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation, which previously reported the heavy rains and the flooding of the Poyo ravine.
09:07
Sánchez points out that the Government will be with the affected areas until their reconstruction is achieved
“I want to express a firm commitment,” he stressed.
09:07
Sánchez remembers the victims of DANA
«I appear to report on the Government’s actions to address the effects caused by DANA. A DANA that is unprecedented in our recent history. “I want my words to be a reminder to the victims, their families and loved ones,” the President of the Government began.
09:03
Pedro Sánchez’s appearance on the management of DANA begins
The President of the Government explains, at his own request, the management of the DANA Executive that has left more than 200 dead in the Valencian Community.
09:02
Pedro Sánchez will announce a third aid package for the areas affected by DANA
This package of measures would be added to two others already approved by the Executive.
08:56
Víctor de Aldama: “Anything that could happen to me will point to the Government and the president”
The alleged commission agent in the Koldo case has given his first interview after leaving prison to the ‘Cope’ network and has once again made headlines, as he did in his statement before the judge of the National Court Ismael Moreno. «I don’t have any type of protection. Do I feel helpless? Yes. I also understand that at this moment anything that could happen to me is going to point to the Government and the president. Knowing the characters, I will have to take very good care of myself at another time, not now,” the businessman has pointed out, among other things.
An information of Iuiri Pereira.
08:48
Control session marked by the latest scandals
After the president’s intervention, the usual control session will follow, which on this occasion will be marked by the latest revelations from commissioner Víctor de Aldama about the Koldo case and the controversy with Juan Lobato, uncovered two days ago by this newspaper.
08:47
Appearance of Pedro Sánchez on the Government’s management of DANA
Good morning, we start the coverage of the appearance of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, where he will explain the Government’s management in the terrible DANA that hit the Valencian Community, Andalusia and Castilla-La Mancha and left more than two hundred dead.
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