Monday November 4 Arturo Pérez-Reverte went to The anthill and I spoke with Pablo Motos about the terrible tragedy that caused DANA. The writer went to the Antena 3 program to present his latest novel, The island of sleeping women. Before talking about his work, the academic spoke about the news in Spain and the terrible management that was done after the floods in part of our peninsula, particularly in Valencia. “All parties have contaminated political life. “Valencia is a clear example of what this gang of scoundrels have done. They are playing chess with human lives.” Pérez-Reverte also analyzed the visit of the Kings and Pedro Sánchez to the affected areas and stated that in this scene – in which Philip VI And Ms. Letizia They stayed to chat with the neighbors and the president of the government fled – represents “a remarkable and courageous king and miserable politicians”. But the writer wanted to emphasize citizen solidarity in the face of this catastrophe: “In Spain, we have many faults and many virtues. “When things go wrong, people bring out the best in themselves.”
“All parties have contaminated political life. Valencia is a clear example of what this gang of scoundrels have done. The Valencians were miserably abandoned. We have a political class that has made a business out of it. We are elements of this enterprise. “They are the ones who are responsible,” said Arturo Pérez-Reverte last Monday during his visit to The anthill when Pablo Motos asked him about political management after the DANA disaster.
The writer declared that he experiences everything that is happening in Valencia “with desolation” and “with amazement” as well as “with indignation and sadness”: Also with admiration: “There is something that always happens in Spain with the tragedies that have occurred with the pandemic, with the attacks in Madrid, the Spaniards react very well to crises.”.
Of course, the academic strongly criticized the politicians responsible for handling this tragedy and spoke of the visit of the kings and Pedro Sánchez to the affected areas, the one in which the monarchs stayed to talk with their neighbors and their neighbors. The president of the government fled to the boos of the neighbors: “Sánchez was… Sánchez. The Queen was very good. The King was superior, this serenity, this courage… he took advantage of it. This way of showing his face, of being honorable and faithful to the role he plays… it wasn’t him, it was the Spanish state. He was straight, honest, as best he could… An angry Spaniard can be very dangerous. And we saw it. If they don’t get Sánchez out of town yesterday, they will kill him. There they lynched him. Conclusion: a remarkable and courageous king and miserable politicians. I am told that the king wanted to go there on the first day but that the government advised him against it. I think going with Sánchez and Mazón was a mistake. This contaminated the visit. The dirty way of understanding politics in Spain dirty everything. “I understand people were angry.”
Pablo Motos recalled Pedro Sánchez’s phrase “if they need help, ask for it.” The presenter asked: “How can you have such indifference to people’s lives?” The guest replied: “All parties have contaminated political life. Valencia is a clear example of what this gang of scoundrels have done.
“Sanchez“He has his finger on the pulse like Franco did.”
Motos asked the writer how he sees Pedro Sánchez at the moment and Pérez-Reverte replied: “He will get through this. He’s a genius. He has his finger on the pulse, as Franco did. For him, we are a game of poker and he is defrauding us. He no longer has rabbits in his hat. He remains the most interesting politician. His ambition, his shamelessness and his lack of scruples make him a fascinating character. He demolishes the state to retain power. He took very useful elements from the ultra-left. You have succeeded in building a wall: either you are here or you are a fascist. He managed to connect Feijóo to VOX. He has extraordinary political instincts. The image of him yesterday, shot dead with his bodyguards, gave me pause. I don’t think he’s got any more rabbits in his hat. He is very good at what he does. I wish I was a good person.”
Criticisms of Errejón and Pablo Iglesias
After talking about Pérez-Reverte’s new book, Motos asked his guest about Inigo Errejon– accused of sexual violence – and the writer said (laughing) that Errejón is “one more, for the moment.” He had power but it was secondary. It’s just another troop. The problem is that today a woman does not have the appropriate social space to tell a man that no it’s no or what If you touch me, I’ll rip your head offhas. If you do, you will pay a social and wage price. SOI understand that there are women who cannot resist the Errejones of the day or the Pablo Iglesias or whoever. I admire those who say no and I understand those who resign themselves and consent. Women lack space to defend themselves. Pérez-Reverte also criticized those who knew the attitude of Sumar’s former spokesperson and remained silent: “Even I knew the size of Errejón’s tool.”
“What future do you see for Sumar after Errejón?” asked Motos, to which the guest replied: “What is Sumar?” About Pablo IglesiasPérez-Rerverte said: “Pablo Iglesias is the story of failure. His great sin is that he ends the hope of a generation of young people who saw hope in him. He is a dark, macho, brooding character.either. The problem of the left is that it has moved away from the essence of the communists of all time, true to themselves and endowed with moral solidity. It’s gone. The current left has nothing to do with it.
