The central government and the Generalitat have already entered into the shockfor the political management of the disaster DANA. The Government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabéwho until now had avoided publicly confronting the regional executive, was visibly angry this Monday in the face of criticism from Carlos Mazonafter the president complained on social networks that the sewer unblocking trucks he had requested from the Executive “are not arriving”.
“You have to know the skills you have”Bernabé said in statements to the media, emphasizing that “the Generalitat has the power to request wherever it can all the material it needs through emergency management.” “I’m glad that 14 days later they already know who is responsible request, by land, sea and air, whatever they need,” he said.
The delegate also highlighted that the request to unblock the trucks was received “on Friday at 11:26 a.m. and at 11:42 a.m. all the autonomous communities received the request from the Spanish government to mobilize the material.” “We act in an hour, not 14 days“, he stressed.
“Elements and materials are necessary and they are requested,” insisted the government delegate, who also sent a message directly to Mazón: “If it is detected that they are missing, I recommend to the president to work most appropriate way. in the way of asking it, Maybe tweeting isn’t the most effective solution.“, he settled.
Bernabé thus responded to Mazón’s comments in ‘X’ that same Monday. “For three days we have been asking the Spanish government to unblock the trucks. sewage system to avoid serious public health problems. They are not arriving”, criticized the regional leader on the said social network, where he added that the Generalitat had asked the CEOE and other communities to “contribute with all the means at their disposal” and thanked them for their “invaluable help”.
The Valencian president thus pointed the finger at the Spanish government at a time when we are seeing cornered for his management of the emergencyafter days of excuses and contradictory explanations for his absence from the emergency meeting the day DANA struck Valencia. A meeting to which he arrived more than two hours late because, as the Generalitat finally confirmed on Friday, he was eat with a journalist to offer you the management of Valencian public television.
Subsequently, Bernabé insisted through “X” that the Government “sent in just one hour to all the Autonomous Communities the request from the Generalitat Valenciana for sewer unblocking units” and “has deployed 13 heavy equipment and 188 medium mud and water extraction equipment. “We continue to work to have new units, which we will send to Valencia as soon as possible,” he added.Let’s avoid confrontation and work as a team. This is what citizens expect from us,” he asked.
