It’s time for explanations from the president of the Generalitat Valenciana. Carlos Mazón goes to Les Corts this Friday to appear for his management in the DANA that hit the Valencian Community. Even if the “popular” should not resignthe option remains unresolved that he decides to cut off a head from his team and place it on a board.
Indeed, after the disaster of October 29, the role of the Minister of the Interior and Justice, Salomé Pradas, and that of Nurias Montes, responsible for Tourism, remain in question, even if for the moment it is not There is no confirmation that the two go. Despite this, the members of the PP assure laSexta that they consider that dismissing a councilor will not be enough and that sooner or later it will be necessary to open a succession process in the Valencian Community. For now, everything indicates that she is the current vice-president, Susana Camarerowhich emerges strengthened from this disaster management.
The two advisors are in the spotlight for his role in recent days: the hesitations of Pradas, at the head of the CECOPI meeting of October 29, they would have delayed sending the alert to citizens in the absence of Mazón, who arrived more than two hours late because, as we learned later, he had lunch with a journalist to offer her the address of “À Punt”.
Pradas further entangled itself in a multitude of excuses and contradictions in an attempt to justify its actions on the day of the tragedy. He declared that discovered the existence of the ES-Alert system the same afternoon to inform the population, then he retracted, assuring that the protocol was provisional and not yet regulated, although it has been in force in the Valencian Community for some time.
The keys to appearance
Mazón therefore faces an appearance in which he will have to clarify several questions concerning the management of his Generalitat. The “popular” will have to explain why did not pay attention to AEMET’s warningswhy it took so long to send the alarm message to Valencians’ cell phones and why it arrived so late at the key Cecopi meeting.
Since DANA struck the Valencian Community on October 29, the list of contradictions and lies What has been discussed about his absence during the key moments of the drama is long.
Initially, the president of the Generalitat assured that at 5 p.m. on October 29 he was already present at the key meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (CECOPI) to address DANA (despite the fact that there was a red alert since 09). :41 hours and that at 12:20 CECOPI itself had reported a hydrological alert).
A few days later, after many comings and goings, we learned that arrived two hours late at said meeting because he was having lunch with the journalist Maribel Vilaplana to offer her the direction of the Valencian television channel À Punt.
Feijóo expects a lot from Mazón’s intervention
The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, placed very high expectations on Mazón’s intervention. Without going any further, Feijóo assured Wednesday that after Mazón’s appearance “There will be many people who will feel, at least partially, comforted by the political class”. The “popular” leader therefore raised expectations about this appearance, but some sources suggest that Mazón could “hear” him, but not fully listen to him.
As LaSexta learned, both have spoken in recent hours about this appearance planned for this Friday by the President of the Generalitat. PP sources say that if this happens in the terms in which they expressed themselves, Feijóo will be satisfied.
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