the president of the Valencia region presents his “apologies” and acknowledges “errors”

“I will not evade any responsibility,” also assured Carlos Mazon.

He was under fire and officially presented his “excuses”. The president of the Valencia region, in southeastern Spain, admitted on Friday November 15 that there had been “errors” in the management of last month's dramatic floods, which left at least 224 dead.

“I'm not going to deny [qu’il y a eu] errors”declared Carlos Mazon in a speech delivered, on his initiative, before the regional Parliament in order to report on the authorities' response to this unprecedented crisis. “I will not evade any responsibility”he added. “As president of the 'generalitat', I want to apologize.” to people who have had “the feeling that help was not coming or was not enough”he also assured in a highly anticipated speech, in which he was to account for the various problems that marked the authorities' reaction to this disaster.