The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, expressed his willingness to offer “institutional collaboration, political commitment and unity” since his political formation, facing the effects of DANA.
This was expressed during his visit to the municipality of Letur (Albacete) where, accompanied by the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, and the president of the PP of the region, Paco Núñez, he learned firsthand hand on the damage caused in the municipality by the heavy torrential rains which have so far caused one death and five people missing.
Furthermore, the opposition leader indicated that after his request on Wednesday to the President of the European Commission and the European Parliament, he received a positive response “by committing aid to mitigate the damage and also aid to rebuild affected infrastructure.
“I’m confident there will be help“I am convinced that Europe will respond, and this aid, plus that of the central government, plus that which we can provide from other public administrations, must serve, I insist, to mitigate the damage and to reconstruction,” he said. Feijóo said.
The president of the PP offered his condolences to the victims, recognizing that there is still no “final number of deaths.” “I fear that there will be bad news in the coming days,” he said, emphasizing his fear that the death toll will continue to rise and stand out in the area of material damage, which will not last “not just months.” , but years of work.” of reconstruction.
Núñez Feijóo transmitted their gratitude to regional president Emiliano García-Page, for their “cordial relationship and, above all, their nobility of spirit, which one must always have in politics, but even more so in special moments”.
The president of the PP indicated that the regional presidents of the People’s Party, whether or not they have been affected by DANA, will make themselves available to the affected territories.
In the same sense, Emiliano García-Page affirmed “the participation of all political forces“, not only before “the tragedy” but also “in the reconstruction”.
The regional leader celebrated that “the levels of coordination between the different administrations are, honestly, very effective and optimal.”
On the other hand, he indicated that, despite the arrival of night, the services of emergency work will continue search and rescue, predicting that this will be the case in the coming days.
For his part, the president of the PP in Castilla-La Mancha, Paco Núñezwho appealed to the unity of administrations, assured that his formation will be at the disposal of the Government of Castile-La Mancha and the Spanish Government to support any type of declaration, whether that of a catastrophic zone or of Emergency. European Solidarity Fund.
“This morning I contacted our Secretary for European Affairs who, as you know, is an official of the European Parliament and we are also studying the possibility, and President Feijóo is doing so, of claiming the emergency aid that exists in the European Union and in the European Solidarity Fund, if necessary.
This was indicated by the leader of the regional PP who, in statements to the media from the city of Albacete, where thanked “all emergency services and administrations who work intensely and did it during the night, both to find missing people and to care for those who lost everything, “watching how the water devastated their homes”.
