King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Letizia and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez were greeted Sunday with cries of« assassins ! », in Paiporta, a town devastated by this week's floods, by an angry crowd who threw mud and projectiles at the procession.
The hostility of these residents is particularly directed against the right-wing president of the Valencia region Carlos Mazón and the socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez, who ended up covered in mud. “Mazón resign!” “, “how many deaths? “, ” out ! »shouted the crowd who accused the authorities of having abandoned them to their fate.
The official procession remained blocked for a moment with a security device surrounding the neighbors.
A “gigantic error”
The bodyguards of the President of the Government took him away after he was hit in the back with a stick, according to executive sources with the daily The Diary before adding that this visit “is an effort by the king that should not have taken place. » “A gigantic mistake”they added.
The Monarchs stayed in the area for a while, trying to calm things down and talk with neighbors. Queen Letizia was attacked by a local resident. “You have no shortage of water…And people here are dying!” Why did you come? To get a medal? »a resident told him.
Ultimately, the visit had to be suspended after a few minutes.
