Of the two ministries responsible for preventing tragedies like the one recorded in Valencia, that of Ecological Transition and that of the Interior, those responsible for the file were outside Spain on the fateful Tuesday, October 29. OKDIARIO was able to know that the Director General of Civil Protection and EmergenciesVirginia Barcones, was also absent, because on the very day DANA left a trail of death in her wake, she went to Brazil attend – what a formidable paradox – a meeting within the framework of G20 about the disaster risk reduction, held in Belém. In the final statement of said meeting, to which this newspaper had access, particular emphasis was placed on the need to adopt “early warning systems” to protect the population from these risks. In other words, he went to Brazil to give a lecture on what was not being done in Spain.
When Barcones took off from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, on the 29th, at 12:10 p.m. The National Meteorological Agency had already issued the heavy rain alert that day in the Valencian Community. The Director General of Civil Protection, dependent on the Ministry of the Interior, returned to Spain two days later, although sources from her department emphasize that “from Brazil she was in permanent contact with Spain to monitor the evolution of the emergency in Valencia”.
In conclusion, Pedro Sánchez was in India; Minister Ribera, between Paris and Brussels. His second in Ecological Transition, Hugo Morán, in Colombia. And the head of the Grande-Marlaska department, responsible for Civil Protection and Emergencies, took a flight to Brazil when DANA already represented much more than a threat. The question is obvious: who the hell was the Spanish government responsible for this affair when the tragedy broke out? The answer is obvious: no one. And then they have the nerve to show their management.
