The Government has maintained its position since the tragedy Devastated Valencia in the form of DANA . Give priority to lives, avoid political confrontation and, now also, reduce in certain sectors the violence with which Kingsthe president of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazonand the same president of the Executive, Pedro Sanchezwere received in Paiportaone of the municipalities most affected by flooding.
A few minutes after Sánchez had to leave the procession after being hit in the back with a stick, he presented himself at the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi) located in the community capital. There he rejected in front of the media “any type of violence like the one we have seen unfortunately”and assured that the priority of the “Government will not deviate from its main objective: saving lives, recovering bodies and rebuilding the city.”
“We are not going to deviate despite what may happen on certain absolutely marginal points”, was Sánchez’s sentence that he pronounced this Sunday from L’Eliada to define those who had attacked him. In the same spirit, he spoke a few hours later in the special broadcast The objective the Minister of Transport, Oscar Puentewhich defines them as “extreme right groups”. Of course he admitted that maybe this Sunday It wasn’t the right time for the visit of the authorities.
The First Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, defined them in the same way, after learning that the the youth union Revuelta had demanded the attempted attack on Sánchez. “We will not allow radical groups to take advantage of people’s pain and distract us from what is priority,” the socialist wrote on her X profile.
Furthermore, Minister Elma Saiz appreciated that “The anguish and anger of those who have lost everything are understandable”but that “violence of a small group, never”. An understanding that was also demonstrated by Minister Pilar Alegría’s spokesperson or by her territorial policy counterpart, Ángel Víctor Torres.
Although one of those priorities is to avoid political confrontation, Torres sent a veiled message to the opposition when he indicated that he was “regrettable” that there are political groups that have not condemned acts of violence like those that occurred this Sunday in Paiporta. “It is absolutely necessary to maintain unity. President Sánchez and his entire government continue to focus on what is important: the care of victims and their recovery,” he added.
Robles maintains his speech and announces more troops
A message of encouragement accompanied by calls for unity that the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, also reiterated early this Monday. Asked about this issue, and more specifically about the Vox union’s announcement that they are offering legal services to people detained for the attack on the President of the government, Robles warns: “They sow hatred and You have to be careful because it can turn against everyone. “People who want hatred should keep their hatred,” he said.
After admitting that it is “fairly polarized” After what he experienced this Sunday in Paiporta, he addressed the mayor of Aldaia, Guillermo Luján Valero, who had told him a few moments earlier on RNE of the indignation of the people concerned: “Mayor, this “It’s not the time for words and reproaches, it’s time to work.” he reaffirmed.
Reproaches that Robles also dodged when asked about the possibility that the tragedy would have been less if he had been warned earlier. “We are not going to look at the past, we are going to talk about that”“, insisted the minister, while emphasizing that it is now necessary to “work without limits and without rest”. Something which, he assures, will be done by “the military” who “will not stop at any time » and will do so “until necessary”.
In fact, he announced the arrival at the port of Valencia of the Navy ship Galicia on which they are traveling. 104 Marines of the Tercio de Armada ready to help, in addition to trucks with food, water, support equipment and two SH-60F helicopters. Thus, ultimately, up to 7,500 soldiers will be deployed. As Robles reports, the troops already on the ground reached “all localities,” although they were not able to access all areas.
