Mazón and the isolated depression at high levels

The storm did not leave Valencia with the final torrent of October 29th. The depression remains right there, centered on the Valencian Community, wreaking havoc on our political life and our collective morale. And that depression still bears the name of Carlos Mazón. As long as the person ultimately responsible for the safety of Valencians remains in the presidency, seven months after 228 people died, many of whom would have been saved with responsible management of the weather forecast, the rage and shame will not go away.

Mazón's presidency is demoralizing and degrading, because it takes the "and nothing happens" sentiment to inconceivable extremes. However, Mazón's presidency isn't an isolated depression at high levels, but rather the result of all kinds of high and low pressures affecting politics. They let him run in the elections because they thought he would lose, they let him make deals with the far right and their bullfighters, and now they prefer to write off his presidency rather than force him to leave, because thanks to Mazón's presidency, there is a politician more infamous, or more useless, or more culpable than they are, and that is ideal. That his continuation is an indignity doesn't matter.

Meanwhile, a new wave of victims' associations, wearing the official T-shirts of their just cause, parade their grief through the offices. We've seen scenes like these before, but the depression caused by watching the perpetrator endure to avoid losing his acquired rights, with nothing to offer, is unprecedented.