The Popular Party will create a commission of inquiry into DANA in the Senate, as “popular” sources reported to laSexta. With this, they emphasize, they seek to investigate the actions of the central government and the Generalitat Valencianadirected by Carlos Mazón. The PP’s announcement comes minutes after Compromís and Sumar reached an agreement with Podemos and the separatists of ERC and Junts to request a commission of inquiry from the Congress of Deputies into this tragedy.
The groups, as they explained, want this commission to serve to clarify political responsibilities in the management of DANA at the end of October, which caused more 220 deaths and this devastated Valencia and other provinces. In any case, It is not yet known whether the commission of inquiry will continue. nor who will represent the Mixed Group in said body, Podemos or another of the parties of this heterogeneous group.
However, the PP will surely advance since the party has an absolute majority in the Upper House. They do it to advance before the appearance that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pronounced this Wednesday in the Lower House regarding the DANA disaster. PP sources insist that they are seeking to analyze the actions of both Administrations, including that of the only one so far. third vice-president and minister of ecological transition, Teresa Ribera.
The commission in Congress
The commission of inquiry in Congress It was an affirmation of Compromís, which was launched before Sumar fixed the position. In fact, initially, the confederal group only registered a non-legal proposal recommending its creation, but no formal request. On the PSOE side, it was argued that it was not yet time to demand political responsibilities, but that the priority was reconstruction and assistance to those affected by the disaster.
During a press conference of the Congress, the co-spokesperson of Podemos, Javier Sánchez Serna, announced this Tuesday that since its formation they will request the appearance of the Valencian president, the “popular” Carlos Mazón, as well as of “several of his advisors”. who were not up to the task and tried to save a tourist weekend and a commercial activity, rather than saving lives,” he assured.
But also, according to Sánchez Serna, even if they have not yet “defined” it, from Podemos They also want to summon several ministers from the central government. to explain “why they did not activate this state of alarm which would have saved many bad decisions taken by the Valencian government”.
Also Sumar’s spokesperson, Verónica M. Barbero, during a press conference, focused on the “baron” of the PP, because she considers that he has demonstrated his “incapacity, irresponsibility and lack of empathy“. “The shadow of Mazón falls more and more on Mr. (Alberto Núñez) Feijóo”, in reference to the leader of the PP. Regarding the possibility of quoting Pedro Sánchez, both Martínez Barbero and the spokesperson for En Comú , Gerardo Pisarello, indicated that it was not yet the time to report on the comparative list.
