Maribel Vilaplana, about her meal with Mazón on DANA day: “She did not show concern at any time”

The journalist Maribel Vilaplana, who was eating with the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazónthe day of the catastrophic DANA in Valencia, has broken its silence.

In statements to La Vanguardia about that lunch on October 29 at the El Ventorro restaurant, Vilaplana detailed that Mazón “He did not show concern at any time” about the storm, despite the fact that he left the room on several occasions to talk on the phone.

The communication professional, one of the best-known faces of the defunct Channel 9, has confirmed that Mazón offered her to direct the regional public radio and television station À Punt, but that she rejected the position because she did not want to return to being part of an entity from which she left. “very burned in the past.”

A version that sources close to him have also confirmed to El País and El Confidencial. It was Vilaplana herself who asked the president not to reveal who she had been with during the three hours -from approximately 3 to 6 p.m.- that the meeting lasted, in which they also talked about public speaking -the communicator is an expert and teaches courses on the subject- and about her role as advisor and spokesperson for Levante UD. It was the first time they had seen each other, according to the journalist.

However, after the armed commotion over the absence of Carlos Mazón at the meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi), which he ended up attending after 7 p.m. after passing through the Palau de la Generalitat, the Presidency had to confirm his whereabouts. from the head of the Consell while the Military Emergency Unit (UME) had been activated for hours in the Utiel area and the cold drop had already caused havoc in the Ribera Alta region.

Mazón did not allude to this episode during his appearance in the Valencian Cortes, beyond emphasizing that had been permanently informed of what was happening.