“The kings came a while ago, also Sánchez and Mazón. I didn’t see them; I wasn’t there. It seemed more important to me to stay at school.helping with the distribution of food, clothing and supplies.” Mercedes – not her real name – feels that she is “lucky”, one of the few residents of Paiporta that he has not lost a family member, nor his house. He has been on the street since Wednesday; removing the mud, cleaning the town, or rather, what little remains of it. Asked about the visit from the authorities, she responded with some disbelief: “I don’t understand the need. What does a hug from the queen, a hug from the president, give me? “The hug of a 30-year-old kid who has walked one or two hours to come and lend a hand, with his shovel, from the other side of Valencia, gives me much more.”
The visit of the official delegation to the DANA ground zero He has left images for posterity. Dozens of neighbors and volunteers have received the authorities with boos and shouts of “murderers”, “out, out” or “sons of bitches.” Some have even thrown sticks, bottles and mud. “We have been left with nothing. Get out, get out of the town,” they began to chant in Paiporta, still covered in mud, when the kings of Spain, the president of the Government and the president of the Generalitat arrived. The Civil Guard has had to improvise a police cordon to contain the crowd and the visit, finally, had to be suspended.
He executive leader He was the first to leave the procession, after an attempted attack. Sánchez appeared later to downplay the importance of the matter and describe the attacks as “absolutely marginal” acts. Mazón continued behind King Felipe VI, but after a while, he also left. The monarchs tried to talk to the neighbors, convey closeness and calm – a little – the waters. They didn’t get it. At 2:15 p.m., everyone had left Paiporta, where DANA left at least 62 fatalities. They left under escort and “almost with stones”the neighbors say. One of the cars in the presidential motorcade ended up, in fact, with broken windows.
In the towns devastated by the storm, not only the neighbors are mobilizing; Also volunteers from other towns and cities, some even from outside Valencia. This is the case of the leaders of Revolt, National Nucleus, Desokupa either Spain 2000four groups of ultra young people who embrace the reactionary speeches of Vox, present in the altercations this Sunday. Far-right pseudojournalists, such as Javier Negre and Alvise Pérez, have also been in the area for days. “They do not want to count the time when Sánchez visits, together with the kings, the affected municipalities. One of them will be Mula unless there is a change of plans. If it catches you close, you already know“, the first of them tweeted this Saturday. The official delegation has suspended the rest of the agenda after what happened in Paiporta.
Mazón was the first to speak out, understanding with the discomfort of the victims. “I understand the social indignation and of course I stay to receive it. It is my political and moral obligation. The king’s attitude has been exemplary,” he defended. Sánchez has insisted on “not diverting” the focusgiving priority to reconstruction and rescue tasks, despite “what may happen to some violent people”; exceptional cases, in his opinion. The Royal Housefor its part, has limited itself to describing the situation of the Valencian towns as a “monumental disaster” and has asked the State “be present in all its forms“.
“The displacement of authorities costs money and that money could be invested here; we need“Continues Mercedes. Shortly before the call, a car passed in front of her house asking the neighbors not to go out into the street. In Paiporta, the notices now come through the public address system. Also in Paiporta, Aemet has once again activated a red alert for “heavy rains.” Mercedes trusts that the rainfall “will not ruin” all the work of these days and, immediately, she redirects the conversation. “We have to be patient, no matter how much it costs us. Violence leads nowhere, it would have been better to give them a shovel and that the three of them, Sánchez, Mazón and Felipe, got on [el rey]to remove the mud,” he acknowledges.
Neighbors, waiting for more “heavy rains”
The Aemet has once again activated the red alert due to “extreme risk” of abundant rainfall on the southern coast of the province of Valenciawhere the municipalities most affected by the floods are. The “heavy local rains“They are expected, above all, during the afternoon of this Sunday. “Remain in elevated areas, do not travel on roads or approach the coast,” the Generalitat has recommended in a note from the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi).
The neighbors, who are still recovering from the catastrophe, cleaning tasks have stopped and they take the opportunity to “rest”, some in their homes; others, because they have lost them, in those of their family or friends. Mercedes, on the phone, does not hide her doubts either: “The sewers do not drain, they are saturated, because many things have leaked. I don’t know what to think, we don’t know what it can do if it rains again now.after three days of working, with all the mud that still remains.
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