The mayor of Catarroja, Lorena Silvent (PSPV-PSOE), has expressed her anger because the kings and their daughters They came to the municipality this Sunday without warning and they have done it to a “more operational” part of the town to want to appear “a certain normality, which is not real”, instead of going to the area where a thousand Army troops still work.
The kings, accompanied by their daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, went this Sunday by surprise to Catarroja, uone of the Valencian towns most affected by DANAon a private visit, in which they chatted with numerous neighbors and took photos with them.
In statements to EFE, Silvent has indicated that she was not aware of nor had she been notified of the visit of the royal family, which can be seen in several videos uploaded to social networks. they have been in the municipal marketwhich was open this Sunday and in which a series of activities were carried out because it was the days before Christmas, and they had an aperitif.
Silvent has criticized that they have gone to a place “where they want to appear a certain normality, which is not real” when in his opinion what they should have done is “the wink, which is important” to visit the deployment of more than a thousand troops.
“While people are working, they are having a drink when what they should have been doing is visit those soldiers who have been here for more than 50 dayswho are tired and are doing what no one wants to do, who are in the garages, who are removing cars and belongings, they are removing sludge. With everything that has to do with the military deployment, they should have talked to them,” he added.
“They haven’t notified anyone”
According to the mayor, this Saturday reinforcements arrived at the municipality because they were demanding “to try to put an end to the extraction of sludge in garages”. Silvent has indicated that the kings and their daughters “have not notified anyone. They have not notified the mayor, they have not notified the Police”, and the Government Delegation “they have notified them when they were already here.”
As he explained, the half of Catarroja that the kings have visited is the highest area and is most operational, the shops have begun to open and it is where the municipal market is. “But the other half, which is the most populated area and is where the tall buildings are, You pass by there and everything is vans from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and today, Sunday, a thousand Army personnel are working,” he stressed.
As he explained, when he was arranging the arrival of a plumber to fix a broken pipe at City Hall, they began to send him messages and videos informing him of the visit of the kings and their daughters. The mayor has specified that although she is less than a hundred meters from the place, she has not approached because It seemed “totally disrespectful.” because – he insisted – they have not even contacted me”.
The mayor’s statements contrast with the demonstrations of several residents of Catarroja, who have highlighted the closeness that the royal family has shown them and they have appreciated their visit. Some neighbors have also expressed signs of affection to the kings with cheers to both Felipe VI and the queen and her daughters in particular.
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