The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazonresponded to the opposition that he would assume his political responsibilities. “If I am unable to lead the reconstruction, I will assume my political responsibility by not running for office.” he said.
This was expressed in turn to respond to the interventions of the four groups of Les Corts during the monographic plenary session focused on their explanations on the management of DANA.
The head of the Consell also emphasized the responsibility of the central government, and specifically that of Pedro Sánchez: “I assume mine, but I hope that Sánchez will be up to the task.“. Mazón explained that he had asked for 31 million euros, “but they gave us 10”.
Mazón explained that in his speech there was a “clear self-criticism“, in which he indicated that he recognized that mistakes had been made and apologized.
“I said that I do not hide the errors of the Generalitat, that I recognize them and take responsibility for them, I even apologize for them. And I say it clearly and without palliations: I won’t avoid responsibility“I am fully aware of the moment we live in and that I must be the first to take on this responsibility.”
“The citizens, Valencia, the affected areas need this recovery and that we carry it out with determination. I want to assume my responsibility and take a step forward,” he expressed.
Mazón spoke these words after beginning his response by criticizing the PSPV for their lack of proposals for reconstruction measures and their reproaches to the government.
message of unity
After emphasizing that “talking about healing is not incompatible with pain and self-criticism”, he called for launching a “message of unity above political strategies.
“If we do not talk about recovery and everything that awaits us, we are sending a very bad message to Valencian society,” he warned.
Furthermore, he stressed that “the emergency has not yet passed and that there is a lot of data that remains to be collected”, which is why he wondered “what purpose would this session have served if the groups could not reach a minimum agreement. “.
Without wanting to go into the “qualifications” addressed to him by the PSPV trustee, José MunozMazón lamented that the socialists “did not listen or did not want to listen” when he presented “the plan that my country needed.”
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“We are in another stage. Valencians must know that it is not about personal or political strategies and that we need all the forces to get it started,” he said.
In this sense, he called for “a deep commitment“because otherwise “we would not understand the dimension of what is happening and what we must do”.
Furthermore, he stressed that in the PSPV speech, he did not hear “the slightest allusion to anything minimally reprehensible for the government or its organizations” in the management of DANA, nor of “demand and demand and not be on the other side of the government window“.
“Quickly informed”
Regarding October 29, “Cecopi was established, we all followed the AEMET report and they said that at 6 p.m. the intensity of the storm would cease. It was informed quickly before, during and after” said Mazón.
At that time he referred to the possible rupture of the Forata dam and its complication because “there was no information about the Poyo ravine and it was already too late when it arrived”.
About him Es alert message sent to the population, declared that the “great apocalyptic risk” which could have arisen with the rupture of the Forata dam “fortunately did not materialize”.
“This message is in addition to the dozens that have been sent,” he detailed, referring to the alerts and prevention advice issued over the past two days. “How could other institutions – the Town Halls – have taken preventive measures without the advice of the Generalitat,” he stressed.
Thus, he emphasized that during his appearance at the Corts he tried to expose the facts, “not to fight the stories or manipulate the tragedy”, and he denied wanting to “retain his position”.
He then addressed the Vox mediator, Jose Maria Llanoswhich he guaranteed he shares “anger and incomprehension” of society, but also the need to “urgently demand” pending actions and infrastructure.
“It’s not just about blaming precedent, it’s good to review why things are done and why they aren’t,” he explained.
In this sense, he defended that during these weeks he did not “hide at any time.” “I think I listened to the media, the next day I summoned you – the mediators -. It is not my attitude to hide, I did not do it with the King – in Paiporta -, I do not do it in front of the media and I try never to do it because I have my truth and my conviction,” he assured.
“Another thing is that I have dedicated myself to defending myself personally against everything that has been said about me,” he maintained, and he once again censored the “lies and contradictions” expressed because ‘he sees “immoral” wasting time “debunking hoaxes”.
However, he does not agree with Vox’s criticism of the autonomous state: “I don’t think it was a failure, but rather that we were not all prepared for the protocols and the forecasts which were in place.
About the coordination with governmentstressed: “We had two options: provoke a possible institutional conflict with the immediate arrival of resources in the shortest possible time, or getting to work from the first moment, demanding, valuing and facilitating all the resources that could be granted to us.
Valencian Emergency Unit
Mazón reiterated that the Valencian Emergency Unit (UVE) created by the previous government of Botanical and repealed upon arrival at the Consell, it was a “fictitious body with zero firefighters, zero resources and zero other efficiency”, to which the executive of Ximo Puig “allocated 291,000 euros in March 2023, two months before regional elections.
“Nothing has been dismantled because it is impossible to dismantle something that does not exist,” he said, criticizing that the UVE was “only trying to create positions to pay temporary salaries.” according to a “whim” of the government. Botanical.
