The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, recognizes that he arrived late to the emergency meeting that managed the actions to be taken by DANA because he was on other subjects that now fall within the scope of work. This Thursday, at the entrance to the L’Eliana Emergency Center, the president declared that he was at “a working lunch” and that he was “in permanent contact” with the organization, where he delegated responsibility to the Minister of Justice, Salomé Pradas, as the law establishes.
The Valencian president claims that the meal he participated in was “for work”, a few days after elDiario.es consulted his team, who at no time denied the private nature of Mazón’s agape. The Presidency of the Generalitat then emphasized that the head of the Consell “worked and was informed punctually” of what was happening in Cecopi. “The president was at the Palau de la Generalitat, working and informed punctually and it was when he was informed of the risk of rupture of the Forata dam that he physically and immediately joined the Cecopi meeting,” his team said , who, when asked previously about the private meal, he included it in his personal life, like that of any other citizen.
The President of the Generalitat still does not indicate with whom he ate or what issues were discussed during this meeting. It is also not specified how long the meal lasted, which took place when the councilor had already summoned the emergency organization; Whether it lasts until you get to committee or whether it ends sooner and you take care of other matters.
Remember that the Palau de la Generalitat has a catering service and a private dining room. He recognizes that it is “a quarter to seven” when he is told that “everything has changed”, in reference to the risk of the dam breaking, when he personally goes to the emergency room, information that Mazón gives on the Cope . network.
Sources consulted by elDiario.es claim that he arrived at the meeting after 7:30 p.m. and that “the topics and information of the meeting” had to be explained to him, which slowed down decision-making. There are five hours during which we do not know exactly where the president is. The Minister of Justice, Salomé Pradas, in charge of the emergency, was unaware that notices could be sent with the massive “Es Alert” system, which has existed since 2019.
If the meeting was a business meeting, the Valencian leader should have mentioned it in his agenda or concretized it in the activities with interest groups. The president has pristine information on these activities, which he should report on as a senior official. A document prepared by his own department acknowledges that the president has “publicity obligations in dealing with interest groups.” The document, prepared within the framework of transparency laws by the General Directorate of Transparency and Participation, emphasizes that this is an obligation of the President of the Generalitat.
The Valencian Law of Transparency and Good Governance states that “the institutional and work agendas must be published, which must contain at least the date, description and location of the event or meeting, which must be published sufficiently in advance. ‘advance. In the event that the agenda cannot be made public in advance, publicity must be made a posterioriunless there are justified causes which prevent it. Excluded from this obligation are “meetings for simple coordination and organization, those for the ordinary conduct of business, meetings necessary for the simple execution of contracts or agreements when they take place with the contract holder or other parties to the agreement and to the acts”. due to an administrative nature. The subjects of this obligation are “the administration of the Generalitat”.
