The opposition is attacking the government for its handling of the blackout, and Isla will appear before Parliament.

BarcelonaThe Government's management of the energy blackout It hasn't convinced the opposition, quite the opposite, because they see shortcomings, especially when it comes to informing the public. Together, ERC, the CUP, the PP, and also Vox attacked the executive's "lack of information," but also because they believe that the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, was late in providing explanations. Comunes has also spared him criticism, although he has avoided drawing blood. In the face of criticism from the investiture partners and the opposition, Illa has defended the executive's management: "The president and the entire government have been on the front line, working rigorously and providing information when it has been verified," he said in his appearance at noon on Tuesday. Isla will also appear in next week's plenary session of the Parliament to explain the management of the blackout. An appearance he will make at his own request, but one that several groups such as the CUP, Junts, and Vox had also requested.

"He was missing for eight hours. It's an incomprehensible and completely reprehensible absence that demonstrates weakness and a lack of leadership," said Junts spokesperson Josep Rius at a press conference, lamenting that the president was "hiding" without "accompanying the Catalans." ERC, Isla's investiture partner, has also come forward: its spokesperson in the Parliament, Ester Capella, stated that "the government followed Moncloa; it didn't inform for hours, and that's serious." Even the leader of Comuns in the chamber, Jéssica Albiach, has warned that "communication during the first hours of the blackout could be improved."

The Republicans have emphasized that "the power blackout cannot be an information blackout, and a government cannot be shut down" and generate "moments of disinformation," as they believe occurred. The same diagnosis was made by Junts, which stated that the executive "is the only one that fell short" in Catalonia. This "strong criticism" was also expressed by CUP MP Laure Vega, who pointed out that "the government, despite not knowing the causes of the blackout, should have come out sooner" and that "it was a mistake to wait for the central government's response" to report on the crisis. The Commons agree with this analysis, but have avoided the clash because, although "they could have come out to send a message of reassurance," "we all know where the ministers and advisors were, and that they were working," said Albiach.

For his part, the spokesperson for the Catalan People's Party (PP) in the chamber, Juan Fernández, lamented the lack of information from the government, which, for the PP, "demonstrates a worrying lack of respect for the Catalans because a crisis cannot be managed through institutional silence." Vox, in turn, called for the resignation of Isla and Pedro Sánchez: "There are victims and many problems because of their negligence," said parliamentary spokesman Joan Garriga, warning of more blackouts and lamenting the alleged deaths that were not clarified.

The Government defends itself

Isla has called on the groups to debate all of these criticisms during their appearance before Parliament next week, but he used Tuesday's press conference to respond directly to Junts: "I've been in my office permanently; I don't know if you can call it hiding. It's a rather peculiar concept of hiding." "The government has responded. I ask for a constructive attitude from everyone. There are times when the sense of country overrides everything," he added. "All the necessary protocols are in place to respond to an exceptional and unprecedented situation."

But why didn't the government appear until four in the afternoon? reliable." In fact, Paneque has given an account of what the Government did until then: from convening the first crisis committee at 12:55 p.m., ensuring the supply of diesel to critical infrastructure and also essential services such as hospitals, to convening a crisis committee at 4:00 p.m. It worked until 4:00 p.m., when this first appearance took place," Paneque defended.

The minister also assured that the Government communicated and provided information to local authorities through the Government delegations and the provincial councils. "The difficulty of communications meant that it was not done with all the speed that was required, but the action," she added. On the other hand, all the groups have asked for clarification of the origin of the general blackout, a commitment that the state executive has taken. Junts and ERC have also insisted on the transposition of European directives such as the identification of strategic infrastructures, with the unanimous desire to ensure that blackouts of this type do not occur again.