MEP and founder of the Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF) voting group, Alvise Péreztried unsuccessfully to access on Tuesday evening one of the pavilions set up by the Polytechnic University of Valencia for members of the state security forces and organizations displaced by the DANA emergency. From the academic institution they point out that only authorized personnel can enter and that there has been a total order to close the campus due to a weather warning, while the politician claims that “he went bring hot food” and that “a socialist councilor kicked it out.”
According to eyewitnesses, Alvise was dressed in green clothes and incognito. he identified himself as a soldier to try to enter the pavilion where nearly 300 police officers, firefighters and civil guards are staying, accompanied by several people, after having learned the day before, – according to his account – that certain police officers were demanding hot food after several weeks of work in the areas affected by the flood of October 29. Thus, he indicated that his task was check facilities and deliver foodaccording to this version of events.
Once recognized, Valencian University staff told him that he could not enter because he was not authorized and that the staff had already had dinner and were resting after a long day of work. In this way, they explain that this reason, rather than the fact that the academic center had decreed the total closure of the campus due to a weather warning, was the argument for refusing entry and not for any political reason.
For his part, the MEP offered another vision of events through his Telegram channel, naming one of the UPV employees for her affiliation with the PSOE, which is also advise of a town in the province of Valenciana, reporting it publicly with photos and data on the aforementioned social network.
“The socialist councilor left hundreds of agents and volunteers without hot food because ‘we don’t want anything from Alvise'”, she says in her publication, to which she adds a few hours later that she wore a “normal green sweatshirt”. ” and that ” “he sabotaged the food delivery after recognizing it.”
The vice-rector of Communication and Internationalization of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Jose Francisco Monserratregretted on its social networks “the campaign of harassment directed against a colleague official of the university” and stressed that “they appreciate all the help, but it must be coordinated”.
“The UPV always appreciates any support for our firefighters and volunteers who do such essential work. However, out of respect for security and the internal regulations of the university, it is necessary that any collaboration be announced and coordinated in advance, since access to a private space without prior authorization may disturb the rest of those on duty “, he declared. . demonstrated.
Thus, Monserrat emphasizes that as those responsible for welcoming the troops, they must ensure that your privacy is respected and thus avoid the recording of images without your consent. “Trying to access a rest area without authorization and without registration is unacceptable,” underlines the official. He ends his communication by reiterating that any help is welcome, “including that of the MEP Mr. Luis Pérez”, provided “that it is carried out in an orderly manner and with respect for the rules and the people involved”.
