First dismissal in the Mazón government. The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, fired Valencia’s Minister of Tourism, Nuria Montes, who has been criticized in recent weeks by the lack of tact with the families of the deceased by DANA.
According to ‘El Español’ and laSexta was able to confirm, Mariano Canopresident of the shoe association WITHAL, will be the new Minister of Innovation, Industry and Commerce of the Generalitat Valenciana after the departure of Montes.
Just a few days after the arrival of DANA in the Valencian Community, on October 29, the councilor caused a sensation by showing little empathy towards the families of the victims of the disaster. “Relatives will not be allowed access to the place where we are holding the deceased.” he said.
“They have to wait for the court call and the delivery of documents. The families, where they can best wait for news, is at home,” explained the advisor.
The commotion caused by her message was such that she apologized, but a few days later the advisor was again the object of criticism because of their attitude towards the tragedy that struck one of their workers, Toñi, who lost her husband and daughter during the DANA that affected the region.
It took Montes a week to contact Toñi and offer his condolences.which triggered a wave of indignation both in public opinion and among his own government colleagues.
According to Toñi herself, who has worked as a civil servant at the Generalitat for 30 years, the call from her boss arrived on November 5, a week after the tragic event. “I told him he was late, that there was no consolation for me,” said the visibly affected manager.
Furthermore, he expressed his disappointment at the lack of humanity in the response of the minister and the authorities in general: “It’s great, a person like that cannot continue to hold public office,” said Toñi, calling for Montes’ resignation. and others responsible for the “ineptitude” they demonstrated. Finally, Mazón decided to do without her and appointed Marián Cano to replace her.
Furthermore, among these controversies, some Montes’ controversial statements on climate change. “If climate change brings anything positive, it is precisely extension of the tourist season and the good weather, the good climate, practically dominates and the cold months are considerably reduced, and the tourist seasons extend to the extreme.
Then, the Minister of Tourism added that “it is undoubtedly a chance” and that this is part of “deseasonalization”. In the video, we can see his comments in full.
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