Five months of absence of Pedro Sánchez in the zero zone of the Dana

“Our first objective is to guarantee, with all humility, but with all conviction, that we are and we will be here the time we need and with all the necessary human and material resources,” said Sanchez before the first councilors at a meeting held at the headquarters of the Government Delegation, in the center of the capital of Turia. However, they have already passed 148 days since the last time that stepped on the floor of a municipality hit by floods, something that has generated criticism and feelings of abandonment among affected, political representatives and citizens.

Since October 29, the fateful day of the Dana in which 228 people died, Sánchez has traveled to Valencia four times. The first, on the 31st of the same month, to visit the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi), in L’Eliana; And the second, on November 3 when he went to Paiportathe zero zone, to accompany the kings of Spain and the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, where he was received between boos and protests from neighbors, which forced the security services to order their immediate withdrawal. He was even close to receiving the impact of several sticks and other objects before leaving in the town of L’Horta Sud.

Almost three months later, on January 23, he returned to Valencia to meet with affected mayors and announce new investments for reconstruction, but did not personally visit the affected areas or met with President Mazón, who also, to a lesser extent with respect to Sanchez, has maintained a certain prudence and Distance with the municipalities of La Dana To avoid possible altercations and protests, although in your case it has been seen on different occasions on beds and roads to repair.

Thus, these were his three government visits, but traveled to Valencia a fourth occasion, on February 1, to inaugurate the XV National Congress of the PSPV-PSOEheld at the Palacio de Congresos de Valencia, where the re -election of the Minister of Science, Universities and Innovation, Diana Morant, was materialized as general secretary of the Valencian socialists.

Presence of ministers

All this, has felt in Valencian society as the reflection of a low implication by the president, who has not been the same by the vast majority of his Ministers. On different occasions since October 29, the Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, have been presented in the territory, Yolanda Díaz; the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres; the Minister of Transportation, Óscar Puente; the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant; the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles; the minister for ecological transition and demographic challenge, Sara Aagesen; the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas; Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska; the Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda, Isabel Rodríguez; and the Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business, Carlos Body.

Even from the central executive the work of the delegate has been praised Pilar Bernabé In recent months, both for their participation in Cecopi meetings and for the multiple visits to the areas affected by the Barrancaeda to meet with neighbors, businessmen and political representatives. So much that he has won prominence within the party to the detriment of Morant, for his double role as Minister and leader of the Valencian socialists.

In parallel, the management of Sánchez relative to the DANA has been marked, in addition to its prolonged absence, for criticism – especially from the Valencian government – of “Tan the data” After accounting for the money from the insurance consortium as an aid or subsidy, when it really is an “acquired right that feeds on the payments that the Valencians have made promptly to their respective insurance companies,” according to the Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Marián Cano.

In this regard, President Mazón demanded this Friday to the central administration that “clarifies at once” and “as soon as possible” if he will charge taxes to those affected by the floods, which he described as “immoral.” “There are people who have lost children and loved ones and who would not deserve to arrive the IRPF next year and have to pay taxes,” he said.

State aids and funeral

In addition, Mazón himself denounced that the Generalitat still does not receive the Aid Lost thoroughly requested the Central Executive to pay for reconstruction in the affected regions, “a key money for the repair and implementation of schools, institutes, health centers, residences, etc.”

But the discontent with Sánchez is not only among public administrations, but it is exacerbated regarding contact with the families of the victims and the rest of the affected. One of the main arguments that features is based on its absence in the Solemn Mass In honor of the deceased that was held on December 9 at the Cathedral of Valencia, which was attended by the Kings, the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez FeijóoPresident Mazón, as well as other regional leaders such as Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Fernando López Miras, Jorge Azcón and Juanma Moreno. Instead, their ministers Torres, Montero and Morant attended.

Two days later, on December 7, the delegate Pilar Bernabé confirmed that the Government planned to organize a state of state, a kind of Civil funeralby the victims of the Dana, which five months later continues without a established date and in the air. The Valencian socialist leader himself pointed a couple of weeks ago that he is still standing, but that “the main mission” was to “find the three missing people” to “give peace to their families who are every hour and minute wishing to find the body.”

This last week, The courts declared as deceased to two of the three people who remained missing at the request of their families and the third file is being processed and will obtain the same result in the next few days. However, the Civil Guard will continue with its search in coordination with the Emergency Military Unit (UME).