The leader of the PP, Alberto Nuñez Feijóoaccused the president of the government, Pedro Sanchezto appear in Congress a month “late” to explain to DANA to “hide from the corruption cases that bear his name” and to “cover himself from all the scourge of corruption and the lies that surround it.” “He has used the resources of the Spanish people to whom they are due and what he must do is apologize, return what they took and leave“, do not hide behind this tragedy,” said the opposition leader in his response to Sánchez in the Lower House.
He also declared to the head of the Executive that he had not calculated correctly and that “the people will not forgive him for not exercising his powers, they will not forgive him for abandoning them”, after recalling that Congress voted for the law that changed the Spanish Radio and Television election system when the size of DANA was already known.
After holding Sánchez that the autonomous system has not failed, but rather that “people in very high positions” have failed.Feijóo told a story on DANA, questioning the role of the government which he said should have declared a national emergency. “You blamed Mr. Mazón! Besides, you could easily find yourself in India with someone accused of corruption,” he said.
Sánchez was asked what was decided at the meeting of central administration bodies at 9:30 a.m. in Valencia, without the help of the Generalitat, whether it was decided to cut roads or trains or he considers it correct to build the Forata dam. . “about to erupt and not declare a state of national emergency at that time.” He also affirmed, while censoring it, that for two and a half hours no information had been transmitted on the Poyo ravine or that Aemet’s forecasts which predicted the departure of DANA at 6 p.m., only six minutes earlier , had been corrected. “Stop the lies, they knew what was going to happen and they were waiting and doing nothing. Or they didn’t find out in time and that only made things worse. Look, the reality is that your government only reacted at 11 p.m.,” he said.
In addition, attacked the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaskato whom he asked if he had not declared a state of national emergency “because he did not want to or because they did not let him” and reminded him that both the omission of the duty to provide assistance and prevarication “by omission” are crimes.
Furthermore, he accused Sánchez of corruption: “He used the resources of the Spanish people to whom he owes them and what he must do is apologize, give back what he took and leave, and not hide behind this tragedy.” According to Feijóo, “no government concerned with protecting itself before the courts can protect citizens” and Sánchez does not have the possibility, due to his “judicial and legislative agony”, to concentrate all his efforts on reconstruction and on the prevention of repetition of similar events. “You no longer govern, leave it now, leave it now”he pointed out.
He also denounced the inaction of the government in the Poyo ravine or in the riverbeds, accusing that for six and a half years they “have filled their mouths with the discourse on climate change and at the same time have not lifted a finger to avoid its consequences.” After these criticisms, Feijóo told Sánchez that “On principles” the PP reiterates its support for reconstruction measureseven if he once again denounced their inadequacy. In addition, he demanded that the tax authorities manage the aid, without punishing the victims with bureaucratic sanctions.
