The Spanish political class remains the target of the anger of many residents of devastated areas of southeastern Spain.
Thousands of people gathered this Saturday at the end of the day in Valencia and other Spanish cities.
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Deadly floods in Spain
Accused of having underestimated the risks and poorly coordinated relief efforts after last week's deadly floods, the Spanish political class is still the target of the anger of many residents of the devastated areas of the southeast of the country.
Almost a week after the explosion of anger which targeted Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the head of the regional executive Carlos Mazón and the sovereigns Felipe VI and Letizia in Paiporta, demonstrations bringing together thousands of people were held this late Saturday. day in Valencia and other Spanish cities to protest against the management of the floods of October 29.
A population alerted too late
On Saturday, the organizers of the Valencia rally will march to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón, who concentrates on his person a large part of the anger of the victims, and had been targeted on Sunday in Paiporta, like the head of government and the sovereigns, by insults and mud-throwing – unprecedented images depicting the exasperation in the devastated areas.
A figure in the Popular Party (PP, right), this 50-year-old lawyer is accused of having been slow to react when the Spanish Meteorological Agency (Aemet) had issued a red alert on the morning of October 29.
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Among the accusations also made by the victims, the fact that the entire population was only alerted via their mobile phones in the evening, when many areas were already submerged. The region's main emergency manager, Salomé Pradas, admitted on Thursday that she was unaware of the existence of this alert system, before retracting her statement.
