“At no time did he show any concern”

The journalist Maribel Vilaplana, who was eating with the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, on the day of the catastrophic DANA in Valencia, broke her silence.

In statements to La Vanguardia about this October 29 lunch at the El Ventorro restaurant, Vilaplana clarified that Mazón “at no time showed concern” about the storm, even if he left the room several times to talk on the phone. .

The communications professional, one of the best-known faces of the defunct Channel 9, confirmed that Mazón offered her the job of running the regional radio and television station À Punt, but that she refused the position because ‘she didn’t want to be part of it again. of an entity from which she emerged “very burned by the past”.

A version that sources close to him also confirmed to El País and El Confidencial. It was Vilaplana herself who asked the president not to reveal with whom she had been during the three hours – from 3 to 6 p.m. – that the meeting lasted, during which they also spoke of taking public speaking – the communicator is an expert and gives courses on the case – and on her role as advisor and spokesperson for Levante UD. It was the first time they saw each other, according to the journalist.

However, after the uproar caused by Carlos Mazón’s absence from the meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi), which he ended up attending at 7 p.m. after his visit to the Palau de la Generalitat, the Presidency had to confirm where the president was. head of the Consell while the Military Emergency Unit (UME) had been activated for hours for the Utiel area and the cold drop had already caused devastation in the Ribera Alta region.

Mazón did not allude to this episode during his appearance at the Valencian Courts, only emphasizing that he had been constantly informed of what was happening.