After five days without electricity or water after having suffered the biggest catastrophe in recent decades, tension broke out this Sunday in Paiporta, one of the towns most devastated by DANA in Valencia, during the visit of King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia , the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and that of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón. The anger accumulated by the late warning of the flood and the slowness of the official response unleashed serious insults, throwing mud and attempted attacks that ruined the delegation’s trip. The authorities wanted to demonstrate their solidarity with the victims and were met with the aggressiveness of the most exalted. But not everyone because some, like Fernando Raimundo, did appreciate this show of affection from the King and asked him for help to solve their desperate situation. “Your Majesty, as captain general, order the state of alarm. Only the Army can solve this. “The politicians don’t know about this,” said this thermal installer whose business premises in Paiporta were flooded by the flood, according to what he told ABC a while after the visit, while helping to remove debris with an excavator machine. Standard Related News Si Nerea , the young woman who spoke with Doña Letizia: «I have told her that the level of frustration is very high. We need help» José Ramón Navarro-Standard couple No dana valencia THE KINGS ACCOMPANY PAIPORTA IN THE PAIN AND INDIGNATION Angie CaleroA request for help Along with a large group of people who had gathered between Valencia Street and Juan XXIII, Fernando Raimundo wanted approach Felipe VI, but a royal guard blocked his way. “When I told him that I only wanted to talk to him, the King turned to me, took my hands and said: We are with you,” recalls Fernando, whom the royal guard was trying to release from the monarch’s arm. At that moment, is when he implored his request for help, “Your Majesty, order the state of alarm,” and, as he explains, Felipe VI replied: “We are doing everything possible. Let’s see everything that can be done. We are not going to abandon you.” “When I told him that I only wanted to talk to him, the King turned to me, took my hands and said: We are with you.” Next, and while the King attended to Another victim, Fernando Raimundo, turned to the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, took his face in his hands and, in a loving tone according to him, blurted out: “You have abandoned us.” In his opinion, “if within two hours of a catastrophe of this magnitude, the state of alarm had been decided, 10,000 soldiers could have come from nearby bases and many lives would have been saved.” Despite his discomfort with the authorities policies with the management of the catastrophe, Fernando assures that “it does not seem right to me that they attacked Pedro Sánchez.” In comparison to his hasty evacuation escorted by his bodyguards, Fernando says he takes off “his hat to the King because he has stayed talking to the people and holding on. Today I have regained my trust in him. “I take my hat off to the King. Today I have regained my trust in him. As expected, the visit of the official delegation and its eventful departure was the talk of the town. While some lamented the “regrettable image that Paiporta had given,” others complained that “the shame was that they came only to take a photo, but not to help.” “Whoever comes, should bring a shovel,” stated Ana Mora. , another of the residents of the area visited by the King. In addition to complaining that “no one has come here in six days,” he explained that “we are the neighbors who are cleaning the streets and buildings with our pumps and machines. And, at night, we have to take shifts and stay vigilant so that our bombs are not stolen.”Unrest with the ArmyFor all these hard days removing debris from the mud, many residents of Paiporta were especially hurt that the Army had not appeared until the day of the official visit. In addition, the security device cut off the access of the volunteers and interrupted the work for several hours, which further angered those who took advantage of the presence of the authorities to express their discomfort. “But I do not agree with violence,” he clarified. Ana Mora, while two of her friends, Susana Cano and Ana Tudela, were in favor of the insults because “there are many people who have lost their relatives and their homes and are furious.” The delay in the Civil Protection alert, which came when the Paiporta ravine had already overflowed and the water was flooding the streets, is compounded by the delay in the arrival of the Army and the search, rescue and debris removal teams. Furthermore, the continuous reproaches between the central government of the PSOE- Podemos and the regional government of the PP over the sending of troops further undermine the growing distrust of citizens in the institutions. Hit by a gigantic catastrophe, the victims feel they are victims of a political game and ask the King, as head of state, to act. Routine after the catastrophe After the agitation of the visit of the royal delegation, Paiporta returns to his post-catastrophic routine. It does not appear that a flood has passed through its ravine, but rather a tsunami like the ones this journalist has covered in Japan and Indonesia. Although its pedestrian walkway is still standing, the force of the water tore off the fences and dragged cars against the buildings on the riverbank. MORE INFORMATION news Yes The Government removes the Jemad in the crisis despite it being an operation that by regulation is its responsibility news No The minute by minute of the visit: a King who consoles, a Queen who breaks down to cry and Sánchez who disappears news No El Rey, after the incidents in Paiporta: “We must understand the anger and frustration of those affected” news Yes The miracle of the parish of La Torre: the coordinated help of volunteers to thousands of affected people, including the town hall, where they gather several vehicles gutted. In the surrounding streets, volunteers remove a dead dog from a garage where they have bailed water and they fear they will find someone dead. With brooms, they clean tons of mud before the sky unleashes another storm on Paiporta.
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