“President, we are leaving”. These are the words that the head of Pedro Sánchez’s security service spoke to the president on the day the kings, accompanied by the socialist and Mazón, went to Paiporta, one of the DANA zero zones. Due to the first blows that the PSOE leader received upon his arrival in the streets of the Valencian municipality, those responsible for the protection of Sánchez made the decision to leave the premises because they could not guarantee his physical integrity, as the revealed ‘ABC’.
When they reached the height of the first planned escape routeaccording to the data to which ‘ABC’ had access, They took the president to a safe area. On the way to the car, the throwing of objects continued and the La Moncloa agents deployed the security case, an extendable bulletproof shield, which had never been necessary until now in Spain.
The presence of Sánchez and Mazon increased the indignation of citizens and the President of the Generalitat as well He had to leave the scene under heavy escort. A panorama of which the Royal House as well as Sánchez and Mazón were aware; However, they decided not to change the agenda.
The security services had already warned in previous days of the risks of a visit due to the social tension in the region, but when the kings announced their visit, Sánchez decided to join them and the presence of Carlos Mazón as president of the Generalitat was inevitable.
The kings were the only ones to continue the visit. The head of state commanded his own security team and the kings managed to approach the inhabitants of Paiporta to discuss with them and try to calm the cries and anger of the neighbors who felt abandoned after six days where the mud invaded their neighborhoods, their streets and their houses.
After the tense visit, a meeting took place at 2:15 p.m. at the forward command post where the decision was made to cancel the visit to Chiva planned by the delegation. According to ‘ABC’, sources close to the device deployed say that the least important thing was the sticks and stones, because they were aware presence of groups in the region ready to do real harm.
Since that day, the Kings have continued to work from Madrid, although they have already scheduled the return of Felipe VI to Valencia. The King will return to the Valencian capital next Tuesday visit military units deployed in areas affected by DANA.
This time, the King will focus his visit on specific points where military units are deployed, as indicated in the Royal Family Agenda. So, at 4 p.m., the King I will visit THE contingents of the Army, the Air and Space Force and the Military Emergency Unit (UME) at the “Jaime I” military base, in Bétera. Then, at 6:15 p.m., he will visit the amphibious assault ship “Galicia” in the port of Valencia and finally, at 7:30 p.m., he will visit the main logistics base of the Army at the Valencia Fair.
