The President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, assured this Monday that they were working to “adapt the entire structure of the Valencian government to the reconstruction work of DANA” and planned Thursday, the day of his appearance in Las Corts, to “Start to talk about politics” and avoid “hoaxes and shocking or even unpleasant insinuations”.
Mazón said he felt “supported” by the responsibility he has and “of course by my party”, but he considers that these are “political reflections” which will also be discussed starting on Thursday. “I am not worried or concerned for a single moment about my personal political position, because I would also show very little responsibility,” he defended.
This was indicated in statements to the media, during a visit to the works carried out by the Generalitat on the CV-33, when asked whether some kind of renovation was proposed to the Consell or if he himself was going to resign. “The entire Valencian government, everything, in its entirety, is absolutely focused on recovery, in its entirety. “That we all give the best of ourselves for the fundamental, probably exclusive objective of these days, which is total healing,” he indicated.
Thus, on Thursday he referred to the discussion of political issues “because what we do not want, I also think, is not appropriate and is not the attention that people deserve, that 100% of our time is dedicated to restoring these roads, restoring normalcy and That’s why when this appearance comes on Thursday, we will start talking about the political part, which, in my opinion, is not the priority of the citizens in this moment.
Mazón insisted that on Thursday they will give explanations “perhaps in a calmer and calmer way” because he believes that citizens “also deserve serious explanations, without the disinformation that exists these days, everything is good organized, everything is well explained, avoiding hoaxes, also avoiding — as a personal reflection, he says — shocking, I could even say unpleasant, insinuations.
In any case, he declared that he was not “in the key of his personal defense”. “Maybe I should have spent more time explaining these things” or responding “to hoaxes or innuendo or speculation that does nothing to help the real work,” he said.
Performance evaluation
Asked if he had a “clear conscience” about the actions of the Generalitat regarding the moment when the notices were sent to the population, he affirmed that he believed that a time would come “as soon as possible” when “all administrations, let’s review our actions.”
“And I think we have to assume that mistakes may have been made, without a doubt, we have to do it with all humility,” he said, affirming that in these days they have reviewed what The day of DANA “with all the warnings” passed. that yes, several warnings were given by the Generalitat Valenciana during the previous days, and also on that day, until this final alert, based on the latest information that it transmitted to the Spanish government regarding the dam of Forata. ”
In this sense, he indicated that the crisis management center, Cecopi, was “validly constituted”; He stressed that the president of the Generalitat “is not a member” of this body and that the members who were present and fully operational and received the information “do not need a political presence” to take decisions. decisions.
“What I’m telling you is that everyone is going to have to, and we are all obliged, to review the mistakes that may have been made. I think there is one thing that is clear among all: perhaps, not having paid more attention to the Rambla del Poyo; “not having had better information, even if it is not a strict or exclusive competence, as everyone knows from the Generalitat Valenciana, and having been so attentive to the Forata dam, which fortunately does not did not break.”
According to him, this “is part of all behaviors that need to be reviewed. And all this must be done and it must be done with total humility. In this sense, he expressed that “it is not a problem of conscience when everyone does what they can based on the information they receive.”
“When the Cecopi was validly constituted, by all the members who were to be there; when dozens of notices have been given; when this great hydrological revolution arrives in the middle of the afternoon and when it is reported to Cecopi, which includes all administrations,” he explained. Thus, he declared that the “revolution” that “makes everything crazy” occurs when what is happening with the Poyo ravine occurs.
Demonstration in Valencia
“It’s not so much a question of conscience or not. What I have is a lot of pain. There is no doubt about it, because we have it; We are with the Valencians, they are our people, they are my people and it is in this sense that I want to respond,” he indicated and affirmed that he understands the “anger” of the Valencians during the demonstration , a message of understanding that was already transmitted after the visit of the kings to Paiporta and the altercations that took place.
“Of course we understand the pain, if anyone has the slightest doubt, they are wrong,” he said, indicating that he shared the pain of the Valencians, even if “out of respect for the people who this pain”, he refused to do it. take stock of what happened during Saturday’s demonstration during which his resignation was demanded or refer to “other things that happened that everyone could see.”
Mazón expressed support for the 31 police officers who were injured “and who do not deserve this from my point of view.” “Violent behavior, attacks on the police, other types of attacks that also took place against property and other types of behavior, I am not going to rate them or make assessments about them,” he said .
