The president of Vox, Santiago Abascalreacted this Saturday to the institutional statement made by Pedro Sánchez de Moncloa after the DANA disaster. He the socialist explained that he does not plan to take control of emergency management. Abascal accused Sánchez of having “abandoned thousands of Spaniards” and allowing flights “like in the third world”. In this sense, Abascal emphasized that “Sánchez is primarily responsible for not activating all state resources when lives could still be saved,” in a recorded speech he posted on social media. “It is time to help and support those affected, but in the face of one of the greatest disasters we have ever faced“In the face of so much evil and incompetence, and after the infamous appearance of the president of the government, we cannot remain silent,” said Abascal, calling Pedro Sánchez an “autocrat” and affirming that his intervention was “ unworthy”. and infamous.”
“He lied, as always, and promised, as always, he even dared to point the finger at others for not asking for help in time,” he added. The leader of Vox highlighted, who also pointed out that Sánchez “degraded the institutions to the extreme”, as well as “worrying about raising taxes and attacking RTVE while the Valencians were abandoned, living with corpses and looters.
“What miserable political game prevented the response required by the scale of the disaster?”” asked Abascal, who asked a series of questions: “why was the army not deployed from the first hours? “, “why are they still not taking the necessary measures now, four days later?
The Vox leader pointed out that “thousands of Spaniards were abandoned to their fate, living for days with corpses, suffering from gangs of looters like in a third world country,” as previously reported. In this sense, he asked for explanations on “why there is no one in charge”.
It is time to help and support those affected, but in the face of one of the greatest disasters we have faced, in the face of so much evil and incompetence, and after the infamous appearance of the President of the Government , we cannot remain silent. :
Sánchez is the first… pic.twitter.com/cmxKpTK5Lb
— Santiago Abascal 🇪🇸 (@Santi_ABASCAL) November 2, 2024
Santiago Abascal reacted after Pedro Sánchez appeared this Saturday to launch an institutional declaration on the disaster in Valencia caused by DANA, in which he announced that the Executive had no plans assume control of the management of the emergency, as outlined above. This was therefore left in the hands of the Generalitat, “which knows the terrain”, he said, and he urged President Carlos Mazón to say that “if it needs more resources, it must ask for them and he will get them. This Saturday, 4,000 soldiers more than the 5,000 requested by Mazón will arrive in Valencia. “The answer is not enough, I know that,” Sánchez said.
“The Government will mobilize all the necessary resources for as long as it takes. “This is the second flood that has claimed the most lives in Europe this century,” Sánchez stressed.
