Arturo Pérez-Reverte visited this monday The Anthill to present his new novel, The island of the sleeping womanwhich is already a bestseller. It is a 20th century pirate story, set in the Aegean Sea during the years of the Spanish Civil War.
But before talking about his new work, Pablo Motos wanted the writer to comment on what happened with the DANA in Valenciathe management of the Government or the visit of the kings of Spain to the area.
“I am living it like everyone else, with stupor, with sadness, with indignation and also with admiration, because lSpaniards react very well to crisesthat makes you feel good, and it’s a comfort in a drama like this,” he commented.
And he wanted to highlight that “On the political side they have made it clear that they are playing chess with human livesthere has been criminal incompetence on the part of the Generalitat and the Government of Spain. Tragedies bring out the best in the human condition.”
“How is it possible that our country, a first world country, work so badly when there is a real problem“Asked the host of the Antena 3 program to his guest.
“Because we have a political class that has made it their business“We citizens are their pawns, they have criminal bad faith and their only concern is to make the opponent screw up,” said Pérez-Reverte.
The writer pointed out that “an organization would have to be created, the Ministry of Disasters, or whatever it was called, made up of professionals outside of politics. The misfortune of this country is called the Spanish political classand this goes from the extreme right to the extreme left.”
“They are the culprits, and be careful, an angry Spaniard, he is very dangerous, historically we have seen it. If they didn’t take Sánchez from there yesterday, they would have killed him, however, I really liked the king’s attitude,” he highlighted.
When talking about that, Motos wanted to know how the writer saw each person during the visit to the disaster area. “Don’t put me in those gardens. Sánchez was Sánchez, The queen who has learned a lot was very good and the king, with that serenity and courage, was great, he stood up with admirable dignity. Mazón was hidden behind it,” he commented.
“Result: notable kings and miserable politicians paying the consequences of their miserable behavior. I think that the fact that the kings were accompanied by Mazón and Sánchez was a mistake, they contaminated everything,” he explained.
The Valencian asked the writer if he believed that, after what happened, the politicians involved should resign. “Yes, obviously. Mazón should resign without a doubt and Sánchez toobut he will never do it. We citizens are paying and we will pay the price of this bunch of irresponsible and scoundrels called the political class,” he concluded.
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