Even if, aware of his mistake, he corrected it a few hours later and assumed that his intervention was inappropriate, there is infamous remarks, an obscene portrait of the person who utters them. In this case, the Minister of Tourism of the Valencian Community, Nuria Monteswho in a supreme display of insensitivity allowed himself to attack the feelings of those who are currently plunged into the deepest pain: “The relatives of the deceased will not have access to the morgue, they will have to wait at home” . The tone used, devoid of the slightest empathy, is hurtful and it is absolutely unjustifiable in the face of the immense pain of a tragedy which cost the lives of more than 200 people. “Here, the bodies will not be released to the families, family members will not be allowed access to the area where we are holding all the deceased, so they have to wait for the court call and the delivery of relevant documents. “The best place for families to wait for news of their loved ones is at home.” This sounds like a cold plea from a smug bureaucrat.
The way Montes addressed the victims’ relatives in front of the Feria València, the space where the bodies of the deceased will arrive to be identified in the face of the collapse of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, deserves no other response than his dismissal immediate. President Carlos Mazón cannot have another minute in his government with an advisor who has not shown the slightest trace of humanity while the DANA death toll continues to rise.
Great leaders often emerge in the most difficult times. This is how Isabel Díaz Ayuso and José Luis Martínez-Almeida forged their leadership when, in the most dramatic hours of the pandemic, they demonstrated unwavering and unfailing determination, making the most difficult decisions without that their pulse does not tremble in the face of incessant attacks from the government. LEFT. With the same determination and out of respect for the families of the victims, Mazón must unceremoniously dismiss an advisor who was not up to the task, neither politically nor humanly, of her position in the face of a tragedy that will mark her. for the lives of thousands of Valencian families and shocked Spain.
