“According to the forecast, the storm is moving towards the Serranía de Cuenca, so It is expected that its intensity will decrease around 6:00 p.m. in the rest of the Valencian Community”. Carlos Mazón He came out to appear this Tuesday around 1:00 p.m. at noon, to reassure the population before whom he would be the worst DANA of the century. He president of the Generalitat shared his statements on X –previously, Twitter–, but his own team deleted the message lateraccording to the opposition, because “he had to hide the evidence of the crime.”
The AEMET had been warning of possible risks since the weekend and remembered early in the morning that there was an “extreme danger.” When Mazón raised the alarmthousands of people asked for help, getting into their cars and They were fighting to stay alive before the advance of the floods.
The DANA has left, at least, 155 dead and dozens missing in the region. The Valencian Executive, governed alone by the PP, decided to eliminate the Valencian Emergency Unit (UVE), an organization created by Ximo Puig to respond to catastrophes that had a budget – in 2023 – of nine million euros. “This is the first step of the restructuring of the public sector announced by the Government,” celebrated the popularwhich they came to describe as “beach bar“the service.
“Mazón cannot avoid his responsibilities as president of the Generalitat, as a person with all the powers for the procedures related to an emergency in the Country Valencia. You have to show your face, because we are talking about an unprecedented crisis; an unaffordable number of people killed not only because of DANA, but also because of poor management. The Government had the information since Tuesday morning and did not act accordingly. The PP cannot throw balls out“, clarifies Public Agueda Micóspokesperson for Compromís in Congress. The formation has committed to “ask for explanations and total transparency” to clarify the facts and clarify responsibilities.
The Provincial Council of Valenciaalso in the hands of the PP, recommended that its workers go home around 2:00 p.m. on the same Tuesday, alleging that there was a “very high risk for the population“, as confirmed Public. The Generalitat, however, sent the alerts six hours later. “If someone was late to respond to the emergency situation caused by the DANA was Carlos Mazón. Many mayors took preventive measures in their municipalities to ensure the integrity of citizens, without instructions from the Generalitat“, they reproach from the PSPV.
The leader of the PP; Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has muddied the political debate this Thursday by pointing out central governmenton which the AEMET and the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation. “A regional president manages based on the information it receives”, justified the leader of the popular. The two organizations had been warning since early in the morning of the possible consequences of cold dropIn fact, researchers from AEMET itself have publications from last Friday that talk about its “high impact.” Fernando Prieto, from the Sustainability Observatory, insists: “The Generalitat acted late, municipalities should have been evacuated and flood zones in advance.”
Management after the floods
The socialists have stressed that the Government had “detailed information“of the phenomenon from early in the morning, but Mazón “did not make decisions until after 8:00 p.m.”when the situation “was already critical” in many municipalities. The opposition also highlights the need to address the post-flood phase. “Not only did they not act before, but they are not acting after,” those affected denounce. In many locations from ground zero they still have no water or electricity, no open supermarkets, with roads closed and people helplessneighbors who were “trapped” in their garages and bodies waiting for the mud to melt to be located.
“What we need is coordination. This morning the entrance to the town was chaos, the ambulances and the Police could not get through. There are farms that still do not have supplies, coverage comes and goes, we are giving each other the little we have. others,” he tells Public a neighbor from Paiporta. The Generalitat has announced a direct aid package of more than 6,000 euros for the cleaning and rehabilitation of the affected areas. Mazón, in addition, has distanced himself from Feijóo’s position and he thanked the willingness of Pedro Sánchez, with whom he appeared jointly 48 hours after the catastrophe. “Thank you very much for your closeness and your quick response, President.“, has recognized the popular.
Eyes on Mazón
This Tuesday at 1:00 p.m., the vice president Teresa Ribera echoed the “worrying alerts” of the AEMET and Civil Protection. Mazón, at that same time, said that the situation had signs of abating. Beatriu Cardona, spokesperson for the Valencian Intersindical, denounces the Government’s “negligent” actions by phone: “The politicians who govern us are climate change deniers, They don’t take care of us and they don’t care about our lives either.but the capital. We are going to demand social, political and even criminal responsibilities, because what has happened is unprecedented. If Mazón had a minimum of decency, he should resign“, he claims.
The Valencian Intersyndicalist He also criticizes the “bad faith” of businesses that maintained their usual opening hours. “We have cases of people who have been called to go to work even after receiving the alert“, Cardona slips. The spokesperson also acknowledges that hundreds of workers have spent hours detained in the polygons, up on a hood or on top of a roof, waiting for the arrival of the Emergency services. “We don’t know where to go, where to call, we don’t know anything. The Generalitat has to assume responsibilitiesbecause it issued the alerts late, when the ravines had already risen and everything was flooded. The same goes for companies that forced staff to workwith a red alert from the AEMET,” says Rebeca –fictitious name–, a resident of Catarroja who has a family member still missing.
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