The leader of the PP Ester Muñoz suggested this Wednesday, to blame the government for the deaths in Valencia, that the Generalitat Valenciana of Carlos Mazón put “the population in danger” during the key hours of October 29, DANA day. because they made “inopportune decisions”. Muñoz reported from the podium of the Congress a “possible fraud” on the part of the third vice-president, Teresa Ribera, and the government delegate in the community, Pilar Bernabé, for not having taken control of the autonomous authorities, for which they wished “good luck” to the court.
Muñoz was chosen by Alberto Núñez Feijóo to face Ribera during his appearance in Congress to answer his role in the management of DANA, which caused more than 200 deaths, dozens of missing and material losses worth billions of euros . Responsible for Education and Health in the leadership of the PP, Muñoz is originally from León, a fact that Ribera wanted to record in one of his responses to the silence of deputies from the affected areas.
The current spokesperson for the PP directly accused Ribera of being “guilty” for the human and material consequences of the tragedy, and while limiting the responsibility of the Valencian Generalitat of her colleague Mazón, she pointed the finger at the vice-president president for her. “a lack of capacity and solvency”, to which is added a “clear lack of integrity”.
“He failed in prevention,” said Muñoz, who assured that “when his country needed him,” Ribera “hid and disappeared so as not to assume his responsibilities” and “assume the price of leaving so many Spaniards abandoned.” “He has been in government for six years and says we must close mines, thermal power stations, nuclear power stations and put an end to diesel, but not clean up rivers or forests. “He dedicated himself to imposing his climate dogmatism,” he added.
The PP deputy accused Ribera of having “failed as a minister, but also as a person”. “He didn’t go to the communities, he didn’t take a photo, to be with them and accompany them. “It’s called empathy,” he noted. “He cannot look at the faces of the neighbors and mayors who asked him to clean the ravines,” he added.
Muñoz raised the tone in his response to the minister. After telling the socialist deputies and the government that they had to “study” as she did, she said, she pointed out the criminal responsibility of the vice-president.
The leader of the PP recalled that at Cecopi [el comité de crisis] “There was the Government delegate” to the Community, Pilar Bernabé. “She could have warned the government that they [las autoridades autonómicas] putting the population at risk, and they did not do it,” he said to ensure that the law allows the government to “take control” “if inappropriate decisions are made.” “And he didn’t do it,” he said, assuming that the commanders of the Generalitat had made “inappropriate” decisions. “This is a textbook possible fraud, I wish you luck defending this in court.” I wish you good luck,” he concluded.
Muñoz’s statements did not go unnoticed by Ribera, who reminded him that both the government delegate and the representatives of the Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar and Aemet attended the Cecopi meetings that day by videoconference. In her last intervention, the vice-president assured that “between six and seven o’clock in the afternoon, the screen went black”, which left the representatives of the State out of possible debates. “We don’t know what happened at that time,” he said, because “people from the Hydrographic Confederation, Aemet and the Government Delegation were not able to participate in the debate to decide what was the best thing to do.
