Those affected by the floods in Spain threw mud at their country’s king, Felipe VI, and showered him with insults, in protest against the executive authority’s delayed response to their situation after the natural disaster occurred, which raised many questions about the parliamentary monarchy in Morocco’s northern neighbor.
There is no talk in the Spanish media except about the “humiliating” photo in which the Spanish King, Felipe VI, returned to the Royal Palace in Madrid while he, along with his wife, Queen Letizia, was laden with the clay of those affected by the floods in Bayporta, at a time when the Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, blames the extreme right. On these events, according to the newspaper “El País”.
According to the media of Morocco’s northern neighbor, bodies charged with monitoring weather conditions, the first of which is the government’s “Jokar Hydrographic Union,” did not issue warnings to residents of “unprecedented” heavy rains, at a time when the head of the Valenciennes region, Carlos Mazón, stresses that he “appealed to the government To provide the maximum forms of assistance from the beginning of the incident.”
Between the responsibility of the executive authority and the responsibility of the autonomous governments in Spain regarding the delayed response to the floods, King Felipe VI received the anger of those affected, coinciding with the withdrawal of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Abdul Hamid Al-Bajouki, a writer and analyst specializing in Spanish affairs, believes that “the Spanish king, according to the system of government there, does not bear responsibility for the miserable conditions experienced by those affected by the floods.”
Al-Bajouki said, in a statement to Hespress, that this visit “was not at the appropriate time, as the Spanish king was accompanied by the names of everyone in Spain who was angry with them, led by Pedro Sanchez and Carlos Mazzone,” noting that “with these two there is a big discussion about who is responsible for what happened.” .
The specialist in Spanish affairs added: “There is an error on the part of the autonomous government in its delay in providing the necessary assistance, and in waiting for central government support.”
According to the same spokesman, “What happened actually brings back the discussion of parliamentary monarchy in Spain, which is an old topic that has been ongoing since the democratic transition and has escalated in the Catalonia file,” stressing that “this discussion collides with the fact that the image of King Felipe VI was positive after he was thrown with mud, because he was patient and listened.” For the protesters to scream with all possible humanity.”
Felipe VI spoke to the media after being thrown with mud, saying that “what happened must be part of understanding the feelings of those affected by the flood.”
In turn, Muhammad Shuqair, a political analyst, said, “The parliamentary monarchy in Spain, since the beginning of the era of Juan Carlos, has not enjoyed the consensus of the Spanish street, and has always been in the crosshairs of criticism, and has not been spared the fire of popular social punishment.”
Choucair added, in a statement to Hespress, that “the Spanish monarch reigns and does not rule, but he remains a national symbol, and what happened yesterday is an expression of popular anger whose interpretation will be different between democratic Western countries and third world countries, as the peoples of the former will find the matter normal as long as no one is above them.” Popular accountability, while the citizens of the second country will not accept the king being in this humiliating image.”
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