The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, again demanded this Saturday that a “total deployment” of the army be undertaken in the areas affected by DANA, in a speech given at the party headquarters in which he described as “a unworthy and infamous » » the appearance of the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, announcing that he is doubling the number of troops in the province of Valencia, the most affected.
“What miserable political game prevented the response required by the scale of the disaster?” asks Abascal, launching a battery of questions such as “why was the army not deployed from the first hours” or “why” even now, four days later. , the necessary measures are still not taken.”
The leader of Vox affirms 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” and asks for explanations on “why there is no There’s no one in charge.” “. Faced with this, Abascal emphasizes, Sánchez “lied, as always; and promised as always” and “even dared to point it out to others for not asking for help in time“.
“Many Spaniards went from the shock of the first hours to disbelief, helplessness, rage and even shame at the inability of those who should have reacted… and did not . (…) When the State fails and all the State administrations have failed here, the nation appears,” he noted.
“We will demand responsibilities”
For Abascal, “what is necessary now” is the full deployment of the army in the area as well as “support for volunteers who react in a way that administrations have not done.”
“And later, let no one doubt it, we will demand political, civil and criminal responsibilities from the culprits of this chaos,” he warned, to emphasize that “using the resources of the State to maintain the head of state an unworthy character Spanish government “This has consequences.”
