Carlos Mazón does not have lunch with journalist Vilaplana in his account of events. The President of the Generalitat made a chronology of the events that occurred last Tuesday, October 29, during his appearance before Les Corts Valencianes to explain the management of DANA, a tragedy which has so far caused 216 deaths and 16 missing.
An account of the events where his absence until 7 p.m. at the key meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (CECOPI) went unnoticed, justifying that he was aware of the advance of the cold drop and that CECOPI itself was already working on the management of DANA. But what was Mazón doing at that time? And the meal with the journalist Vilaplana? For the president, that day was a fast, since he forgot from the first minute to explain why he did not meet his advisors.
Despite the floods, Mazón has not changed his agenda and here is how he justifies it: “I kept my schedule fully conscious how the situation was because the resources were in pre-alert, the alerts had been sent and the management of the possible emergency was being developed as on other previous occasions. “When I was warned that the situation at the Forata dam was getting worse, I went to the Coordination Center where CECOPI was working.”
On the other hand, he said that it took longer than necessary to arrive because “high volume of traffic” because of the weather, which meant that, in Mazón’s own words, the trip was “lengthened”. He also emphasized that “there was no need for anyone to update me or delay the tasks in progress.”
And that’s not all, Mazón tries to justify his decisions by claiming that “the Minister of Justice and the Interior, Salomé Pradas was already at the command center and in contact with the government delegation.
Mazón will not escape his responsibilities
Carlos Mazon assured that will not avoid “responsibilities” » received the management of DANA on October 29 and apologized to those who “felt” that “the aid was not arriving or was insufficient”. He said he was not going to “deny the failures” of management because “it is neither possible nor useful” and that would mean “having understood nothing”.
“I’m not going to shirk any responsibility,” he said. Mazon at the beginning of his speech before the plenary session of the Corts Valencianes, where he assured that They made a “self-criticism” at the Consell and that “there were things that were not done well.”
The Valencian president said answers were needed about what happened and why it happened, and he defended this point. “it is legitimate to ask” if prevention and alert systems offered all possible guarantees, or if all alert protocols were designed to correct even human error when applied.
