Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'The PP lets Mazón down'

I begin by stating that Carlos Mazón is a finished politician and I hope that sooner rather than later he ends up testifying before a judge, for the good of the Valencians and the health of democracy.

Until now, Mazón had hinted that he had arrived at the emergency coordination center in the middle of the afternoon, and Yesterday he confirmed that he arrived at eight thirty in the evening., when the alert had already been sent to mobile phones for fifteen minutes (17 minutes to be exact). And this is very serious, because it means that when the Valencian government tells people to protect themselves, most of the victims are already dead. Specifically, most of the people who lost their lives died between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and it was not until 8:11 p.m. when the alert was sent, and in Mazón's absence. That means that a large part of the 227 deceased lost their lives before the alert reached mobile phones.

What has Mazón been doing since that day? Contradicting himself. On this page you will find All the contradictions of the Valencian president the last four months.

But it is not only his contradictions that condemn him. The judge in the case also maintains the theory that the deaths could have been avoided if the warning had been given earlier. Earlier and better, because, according to the magistrate, the message was "erroneous in content" because, for example, he asked people to avoid travelling and many victims died without leaving the ground floor of their house, or when going down to the garage. The judge says that "parents, spouses, siblings saw how relatives literally slipped through their hands, swept away by a torrent of water and mud."

So tell me one thing: what would you think of Mazón if your mother or your husband had drowned because they had not received any warning, while he was having a long lunch with a journalist? Wouldn't you feel personally offended by the mere fact that Mazón continues to preside over the Generalitat Valenciana?

In the PP it seems that they are now reaching the same conclusion. Until now the plan was: Mazón is burned out, let him hold on during the reconstruction and when everything returns to normal the elections will come and we will put another one. But that was until now. After what transpired yesterday from the judicial summary of the DANA, a newspaper of both the party and The reason published this morning that "the continuity of Mazón weighs more and more on the PP. Spanish and Valencian officials see the situation «untenable» after his changes of version, and in the party headquarters they avoid confirming that Mazón continues to have the support of Feijóo". In the PP they begin to see that every time Mazón opens his mouth he makes the hole in which he is getting himself deeper. The straw that is about to break the camel's back is that on Monday he went to Madrid.

Today the newspaper also spares Mazón the page reporting that "The alert was sent when there were already many dead"This is a warning. Mazón is a political corpse, but before burying him it is imperative that he pay for his responsibilities."

Good morning.