Carlos Mazón arrived two hours late for the emergency meeting the day when DANAValencia struck. This is how he reveals itThe confidential‘, which indicates that the president of the Generalitat He joined the meeting two hours later before it started, when the situation was already very serious.
According to the aforementioned media, on the day of the tragedy, the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (CECOPI) He was called at 5 p.m.despite the fact that there was a red alert since 9:41 a.m. and that at 12:20 p.m. the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat itself had reported a hydrological alert. But Mazón, He joined the meeting two hours later.
Sources from the Generalitat consulted by ‘El Confidencial’ assure that At first, Mazón sent the advisor of Justice and the Interior, Salomé Pradas; to the general director and other emergency officials, and he only showed up when he was informed that the Júcar Hydrographic Conference (CHJ) had warned that the flow exceeded 1,700 cubic meters per second in the Rambla del Poyo and after knowing that there had been a risk of the Forata dam breaking.
This communication, details the newspaper, took place at 6:45 p.m. and it was at that time that the regional leader went to the L’Eliana Emergency Center. At this meeting, it was finally decided to send a alert message on cell phones of the entire population, arriving at 8:13 p.m., when the towns were already flooded.
