The visit that the Minister of Defense made to zero point of DANA in the south of Valencia, on November 22, it was not at all pleasant. The feeling of abandonment felt by the inhabitants of Paiporta, Picanya or Cheste, towns visited by the minister, was translated into reprimands by several neighbors to a reprimand Marguerite Robles.
Some neighborsand they blamed Marguerite Robles loudly the incompetence of the Sánchez government and, in particular, the inexplicable delay in the military deployment in more than 70 affected municipalities. One of the videos from the visit to Paiporta reflects the state of mind of the population; Concretely, a neighbor expressed his discomfort and dissatisfaction with the government’s actions and took the opportunity to address the minister.
“What did you come to take a photo of?” a neighbor calls out to him from afar, and adds: “Give him a shovel, give him a shovel, Madam Minister!“Això is a shame! “, he said in Valencian (“It’s a shame!”).
“We are abandoned,” Robles reproaches him, to whom he also tells e. A neighbor reprimands Margarita Robles during her visit to Paiporta: “Are you coming to take a photo? Take a shovel!” in Valencian: “Let Mr. Sánchez come too, with the shovel and the boots!”
Many residents of the affected area, whose victims amount to more than 800,000 peopleaccording to data published by the Valencia Chamber of Commerce They believe that the government’s response has been insufficient and slow. During his visit, Robles attempted to highlight the efforts of the Military Emergency Unit (EMU), to which many of those affected repeatedly stressed that the troops arrived too late for many of them and in particular for the 221 dead.
And the general perception is that there has been a lack of coordination and speed between the actions of the Sánchez government and those of the Valencian Generalitat. The authorities are criticized for their inability to manage humanitarian crises.
During last Friday’s visit, Margarita Robles was reprimanded several times, as happened during the uncomfortable episode she experienced in a garage flooded by the storm. In a video recorded at that time, it was observed how the minister reprimanded the neighbor who asked him, blaming the mayors for the reconstruction problems.
Robles excused the delay in cleaning the public garages because they are not a priority and because the responsibility for prioritizing order falls on the mayors, not her. “The army is working, and I tell you, who should give the instructions, it is not us, in the alternative. “It’s not my fault,” he told the neighbors. He is then asked who is responsible, to which he replies: “The mayors and Cecopi”. She was asked if the mayors had decided that private garages should not be cleaned, and the minister replied that “first the public garages, then the private ones”. At that moment, a neighbor asked her “why does she come here?” » and asks her what is right for her, so she scolds her.
Before this episode, the minister had expressed her “pride” in having armed forces “so professional, so dedicated and so empathetic”. One thing that the most prominent in the sector have subscribed to: “Everyone is dedicated to helping the citizens of the Valencian Community. »
