The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, had a confrontation with some concerned residents of this Valencian city, who reprimanded her and asked for more help from the army. One of the most tense moments occurred inside one of the still partially flooded garages, where several victims complained to Robles that the military was not helping to clean the private parking lots and she explained to them “in an angry tone” that she does not give instructions and “Whoever gives them said that private garages are subsidiary.”
A visit which was tense, even if there is no complete recording of the minister’s visit to the Paiporta district. He further emphasized that “I am not guilty” and that the order not to empty private garages goes to “the corresponding mayors and CECOPI”. Finally, he responds to one of the neighbors who asks him if everyone has to clean the garages, specifying that this type of work is “secondary”: “First the public garages and then the private ones”.
Marlaska defends Robles
The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, defended the head of Defense, Margarita Robles, in the face of criticism from the Generalitat for her “lack of empathy” during a visit to Paiporta with a group of citizens affected by the situation of the garages, maintaining that this has been done. “a misinterpretation of what he said.”
“As all Valencians know, worked 24/7 and we will continue to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as much as necessary and precise”, he emphasized. However, he called the presidents of the Generalitat and the Foral Deputation of Valencia, Carlos Mazón and Vicent Mompó, to finalize the plan for cleaning garages and plains flooded by the dana on October 29 in the province of Valencia.
