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Two weeks after the floods which hit Spain, a demonstration took place on Saturday November 9 in the Valencia region to protest against the inaction of the authorities.
“Mazon resignation”, “All in the street, justice for the people”… Illustration of some banners which were visible on Saturday November 9 in the streets of Valencia. The president of the Valencia region, Carlos Mazon, was the target of numerous banners as the anger of the Spanish victims continues to rise two weeks after the deadly floods which left more than 200 dead.
On Saturday, around forty organizations, most of which are political, had planned this event, almost a week after the visit of the King of Spain Felipe VI to Paiporta during which he was targeted with insults and mud throwing. .
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In the streets, demonstrators accused the government: “Most of the problems we have today are because of the incompetence of politicians. The central government did not help us, they did not respond to our demands, it is the population who pays because of rivalries between politicians,” said an angry resident, quoted by BFMTV.
An increasingly significant health risk
Several thousand people were in the streets this afternoon. According to a latest report, 219 people died in the Valencia region. 89 people are still missing.
To make the situation worse, the cleaning work is still not finished. Nauseous smells of rotten eggs and meat flood the cities. In some communities, the mud is still not removed, which continues to exasperate residents. The government has published a timetable of their actions to calm tensions.
