The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, acknowledges that he arrived late to the Emergency meeting that managed the actions to be undertaken by DANA because he was on other matters that he now falls within the scope of work. This Thursday, at the entrance to the L’Eliana Emergency Center, the president stated that he was at “a working lunch” and “permanently connected” with the organization, where he delegated responsibility to the Minister of Justice, Salomé Pradas, as the law establishes.
The Valencian president says that the meal he was at was “for work”, days after elDiario.es consulted with his team, who at no time denied the private nature of Mazón’s agape. The Presidency of the Generalitat later stressed that the head of the Consell was “working and informed punctually” of what was happening in the Cecopi. “The president was in the Palau de la Generalitat working and informed punctually and it is when he was informed of the risk of breaking the Forata dam that he physically and immediately joined the Cecopi meeting,” noted his team, who when asked about previously for the private meal, he framed it in his personal life, like that of any other citizen.
The president of the Generalitat still does not indicate who he ate with or what issues were addressed at that meeting. Nor is it specified how long the meal lasted, which occurred when the councilor had already summoned the Emergency body; If it lasts until you go to the committee or it ends early and you are on other matters.
It should be remembered that the Palau de la Generalitat has a catering and private dining room. He does acknowledge that it is “at a quarter to seven” when he is told that “everything has changed”, in reference to the risk of the dam breaking, when he personally goes to the Emergency department, information that Mazón gives on the Cope network.
The sources consulted by elDiario.es affirm that he arrived at the meeting after 7:30 p.m. and “the topics and information of the meeting had to be explained to him,” which slowed down decision-making. There are five hours in which the president’s whereabouts are not exactly known. The Minister of Justice, Salomé Pradas, who was in charge of the emergency, was unaware that notices could be sent with the massive “Es Alert” system, which has existed since 2019.
If the meeting was a business meeting, the Valencian leader should have mentioned it in his agenda, or made it concrete in the activities with interest groups. The president has blank information about these activities, which he should report on as a senior official. A document prepared by his own department recognizes that the president has “publicity obligations with interest group relations.” The document, prepared under the transparency laws by the General Directorate of Transparency and Participation, emphasizes that it is an obligation of the president of the Generalitat.
The Valencian transparency and good government law says that “the institutional and work agendas must be published, which must contain, at least, the date, description and location of the event or meeting, having to be published sufficiently in advance. In the event that the agenda cannot be made public in advance, publicity must be made a posterioriunless there are justified causes that prevent it.” Excluded from this obligation are “meetings for mere coordination and organization, those for the ordinary dispatch of matters, meetings necessary for the mere execution of contracts or agreements when they are with the awardee of the contract or the other parties to the agreement and the acts due of an administrative nature.” The subjects of this obligation are “the administration of the Generalitat”.
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