The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, (PP), has claimed in his New Year’s Eve speech loyalty to the rest of the political parties and public institutions – national, provincial and local – to rebuild Valencia after the passage that took life away of at least 223 people – three are still missing – and devastated dozens of municipalities in its path. “I want to appeal to good politics in which no one falls into the temptation of using or appropriating a pain that belongs to everyone. You can disagree without destroying; That is why I demand loyalty and collaboration from all parties and other public institutions: national, provincial and local,” the head of the Consell remarked from the Corts de Palau hall of the Generalitat, the scene of his institutional message.
Mazón has recognized the need to learn from the catastrophe and introduce changes. “We will be wrong if we do not draw lessons from this tragedy to strengthen and improve our ability to prevent, protect and help when an emergency occurs,” he stated. The Valencian regional leader has demanded, in a veiled allusion to the central Administration, “direct and effective aid” and “ambition” when it comes to “rethinking alert systems and development models that safeguard us from threats.”
The Valencian president has committed to continue promoting public management that does not respond only to immediacy but that lays the foundations for a more resilient future and to this end he considers collaboration between all political forces “essential”. “We cannot afford division when what we need is to unite to rebuild and move forward.” In fact, this time the politician has evaded the harsh criticism that he has launched in recent weeks against the central government for aid that he considers insufficient.
Mazón has insisted on demanding the financial resources “that still have not reached the Valencian Community, and which is still, by far, the worst financed in the State. We Valencians are not second-class citizens, so postpone this unfair situation by extending the system [de financiación autonómica] It is unacceptable, we cannot accept more patches and we do not consent to it, much less at a time like the current one.”
The leader calls for a fair financing model and reiterates that one of the commitments for recovery is to reach a national pact against floods and the creation of a national fund against catastrophes that he already proposed in the Valencian Parliament and in the last Conference of Presidents in Santander. Mazón has also appealed to “good politics, in which no one falls into the temptation of using or appropriating a pain that belongs to everyone” after three demonstrations in which tens of thousands of people have asked for his resignation due to the late reaction. of the Administration that presides in the face of the catastrophe.
“You are not alone” has been the message that has been transmitted to the families of the victims of the dana and to the thousands of victims of companies, businesses, homes or vehicle owners of “the worst tragedy that the Valencian Community has suffered.” And he has assured that the Generalitat will work “without rest” in the 103 municipalities affected by the flood in a speech focused on reconstruction and that he has avoided any self-criticism about the management of that day.
The Valencian president remembered the 223 dead people and the three missing people and thanked the Royal Family as much as the King’s “warm message” on Christmas Eve. It has also recognized the acts of generosity and commitment of the entire Valencian civil society, businessmen, NGOs and volunteers from all over Spain, as well as all the emergency personnel, armed forces and State security forces, who have dedicated themselves after the damage
