The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezhad a tense confrontation with the King Felipe VI after the altercations that occurred on November 3 during his visit to Paiporta, DANA’s ground zero in the province of Valencia. Sánchez left the scene to avoid greater harm in the face of protests from neighbors, while the monarch and the Queen Letizia They remained in the town for another hour to inquire about the situation of the neighbors. Sánchez criticized King Felipe VI for not leaving the place with him: “Why didn’t you come with me?“I’m not going to forgive you.”
This tense struggle between the Head of State and the President of the Government occurred a few hours later during the meeting which was then held in CECOPI (Integrated Operational Coordination Center), the emergency center organized by the Generalitat Valenciana to closely monitor the effects of DANA and try to mitigate the effects of the storm. The disagreement between the two occurred in an office in the center, and the screams The words of Pedro Sánchez and King Felipe VI were heard by the rest of the staff.
The President of the Government expressed his anger to the monarch because King Felipe VI stayed with Queen Letizia to speak with the people of Paiporta and despite the insults they received at the beginning and the mud that was thrown at them . Pedro Sánchez did not understand why King Felipe VI did not accompany him when the socialist leader chose to leave the scene. The general manager has left the region by official car and under a powerful device exercised by his escort, which kept him surrounded at all times.
“Sánchez, indignant, asked King Felipe VI why he had not accompanied him at the time of his retirement. And why did he stay there, leaving him at the height of the asphalt,” he maintains. Juan Luis Galiachodirector of elcierredigital.com. “The first thing Sánchez said to the king was: ‘Why didn’t you come with me? I won’t forgive you.. This is not done to the president of the government,” says the journalist in his media.
Galiacho also says that Queen Letizia was responsible for entering this room to restore order and try to reduce the tension and shouting between Sánchez and King Felipe VI. “This situation occurs in an office in the center, where the king and Sánchez are. But the voices basically overwhelm this roomwhich obviously did not have the necessary acoustic conditions so that the loud voices emitted between them could not be heard. At that moment, Letizia Ortiz even enters the meeting to restore order, she is the one who truly restores order within this meeting,” the journalist said in an interview with The critical look from Telecinco.
“What he reproaches the king is that at that moment, when he sees that Sánchez has left, he should have canceled the visitand that he shouldn’t have stayed like he did for about an hour longer. This is what Sánchez attributes to the king, that when he leaves the area, the king had to leave the area,” adds the journalist.
“You will not go to Chiva”
In this tense confrontation, King Felipe VI also announces to Pedro Sánchez that he will make an official visit to Chiva, another of the Valencian cities most affected by DANA. The socialist leader shows the monarch his deep rejection of this visit and categorically refuses to make it effective. “Sanchez refused. According to the same sources, the President of the Government declared to the King the following: “Don’t go there because there is no security. And if you leave, I will not impose the Civil Guard on you – who are the bodyguards of King Felipe VI. If you go there, I tell Marlaska not to take you to the Civil Guard.
The royal family suspended the visit in a statement after the tense fight between Sánchez and King Felipe VI. Finally, the kings of Spain visited Chiva this Tuesday, but without the presence of Pedro Sánchez and receiving the affection of the neighbors affected by DANA. “The king wanted to go and Letizia Ortiz too. Letizia took it as something personal. I had experienced this with muddy or bleeding escorts. He came closer, he cried. She had become a journalist, she was not only a queen,” says Juan Luis Galiacho.
OKDIARIO revealed on November 3 that the government of Pedro Sánchez had prevented King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia from traveling to Chiva on the same day, as planned. After reorienting the situation and being able to speak calmly with the residents of Paiporta, the Head of State planned to continue the planned visit to Chiva, but Moncloa reconfigured the agenda so that Sánchez could continue to accompany the processionwhich he could not do given the anger with which he was received in the street. Finally, an impromptu visit to the Coordination Center was organized, in a safe area of the port of Valencia, so that Sánchez could join them.
“But the fact is that the royal family is not suspending the visit at any time. He is then suspended. But what was happening? This was obviously a visit that the king could make because it was authorized by the Spanish government. But of course, who had to cancel the visit to Chiva? Either the Government suspended it saying the King couldn’t go, or it was the Royal Household. Finally it was agreed that it would be a declaration from the Royal House in which the visit to Chiva would be suspended because the king could make this visit and Sánchez, when he saw that he could not , Due to security measures, he says he won’t go.. “I think the fight lasted a little while,” adds the director of elcieredigital.com.
