Affected but firm in his purpose, the King Felipe VI He preferred to stay in Paiporta and not withdraw in the face of the explosion of indignation from the victims and volunteers who have been working for days in the town devastated by DANA. After enduring the flood victims’ mud throwing, screams and insults, Felipe VI repeatedly asked to speak with the neighbors who had reprimanded him and he did so: “I want to know for myself why all the help they’re asking for hasn’t come sooner.”.
The king endured a rain of mudmade of wood and iron, but he did not leave and urged a young man who was scolding him from the second floor balcony to come down and talk. Amid a barrage of insults and objections to politicians and kings, Felipe VI asked his bodyguards to remove him. umbrellas who protected him, to directly contact the outraged people who asked him to take a shovel and start cleaning.
The Kings wanted to arrive earlier
From the start of the DANA tragedy, the desire of the kings was to visit the area affected by the disaster as quickly as possible, but their closest advisors They delayed the actual trip for a few days in the affected areas.
When authorities arrived in Paiporta today, five days after the events, chaos engulfed the situation. The procession was interrupted from the start and at the head the monarch and the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, were isolated, separated from the rest. During the tour, dozens of people They were yelled at and objects were thrown at them and mud, while the police and civil guard tried to contain them and protect the authorities.
The Queen: “You are right”
During the altercations, Pedro Sánchez helped the queen who burst into tears, while Felipe VI and Mazón stopped to talk to several people. Minutes later, Letizia approached another group of victims and was seen sadly hugging some of them. The Queen was clearly heard saying to one of the indignant women: “You’re absolutely right.”. For his part, Felipe VI did the same with other affected people.
The king and the head of the Council were seen with mud stains on their faces and clothing. Cries of “assassins”, “get out”, “help”, “Mazón resign” or “Pedro Sánchez resign” were heard.
Despite what happened in Paiporta, the Kings did not want to suspend their next visit to the municipality of Chiva, they went there, while several neighbors and volunteers destroyed the vehicle of the President of the Government.
Pedro Sánchez’s security team decided to exclude him from the delegation after assessing him after he was hit in the back with a stick-like object. From that point on, his bodyguards escorted him to the official car, but a group of neighbors followed the president and his team, constantly harassing him, hitting the vehicle and destroying its windows.
