Mazón will "reflect" after the booing: "I take responsibility for yesterday and I can't stop thinking about it."

BarcelonaMore cornered than ever, after a state funeral where victims of the DANA storm booed him, calling him a "murderer" or "traitor"The Valencian president, Carlos Mazón, stated this Thursday that he intends to "reflect" on the situation and that, based on that reflection, he will "make an appearance in the coming days." "I take responsibility for yesterday; I keep thinking about what yesterday means and what these past few days have meant," he told the media. It is unclear what this reflection will entail, but sources from the President's office consulted by ARA deny that he intends to announce his resignation. In that regard, they limit Mazón's appearances to his participation in the investigative committees of the Valencian Parliament, the Congress, and the Senate. The situation of the Valencian president also puts the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, in the eye of the storm for not having forced him to resign, which throws a wrench in the works of his strategy to undermine the Spanish government and weakens a PP stronghold. a leadership criticized by 61% of the PP's own voters, a party in freefall in the Valencian CommunityMazón has only specified that his period of internal deliberations means "continuing to reflect and attend to the victims" and has detailed that this Thursday he is meeting with "a family" affected by the torrential rains and that he plans to meet with more family members in the coming days, as he has been doing for months.

The handling of the torrential rains is leaving Mazón increasingly shaken, among other things because the lies that are emerging day by day. With new developments such as, after a four-hour lunch and after-dinner conversation at El Ventorro with journalist Maribel Vilaplana, while the drownings were concentrated, He accompanied the journalist to the parking lot where she had left her car.However, still There is an hour during which it is unknown what Mazón didalthough it is certain that she changed her clothes and Several witnesses indicate that after accompanying Vilaplana, he went home. Despite the catastrophic nature of the emergency. In fact, it was then that he was almost 40 minutes without communication, meaning he didn't make a single call.

In this context, the "reflection" announced by Mazón is significant, coming after he merely acknowledged on Wednesday the "helplessness" felt by citizens and the fact that "there were things that could have been done better," but without apologizing for his handling of the DANA storm or announcing his resignation. His questionable management can be summarized by the delay in sending the alert to citizens, which didn't arrive until 8:11 p.m., when most of the 229 Valencian victims had already died, but also by the calls he didn't answer that afternoon. In fact, the Valencian president didn't arrive at the Cecopio (Emergency Coordination Center) until 8:28 p.m. This entire administration is what the judge in Catarroja is investigating, with those charged including the Minister of the Interior, Salomé Pradas, and the Secretary of Emergencies, Emilio Argüeso. However, the net is closing in ever more on Mazón.