‘There will be time for responsibilities’

The Minister for Territorial Policy of the Government of Spain, Angel Victor Torres, appeared in Congress this Wednesday to explain the actions in response to the DANA that has claimed the lives of more than two hundred people, most of them in Valencia. In his speech he elaborated on the chronological data “confirmed that they are in the files” of how events developed and the actions that were taken. He has called on Congress’s parliamentary groups to focus on “unity” and focus on those affected, as he believes “there will be time for responsibilities.”

Responds to the claim of the PP ordain it national emergencyTorres recalled that the Civil Protection Law indicates that emergency level 3 can be activated at the request of the government representatives in the different communities or at the express request of the regional president.

In this regard, the people have answered that at no time did the President of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, officially request the declaration of a national emergency and that for this reason this level 3 has not been established in which the Ministry of the Home Affairs would take responsibility. “Declaring a national emergency would amount to an imposition and against the Generalitat,” he clarified.

At this point he has defended that ‘those who know the area are the mayors, as well as the technical managers of that area who know how to make the direction of some streets go in one direction or the other so that the mud can be removed . as quickly as possible.” from the same or to go to any specific place to be much more efficient and much more effective”.

Finally, Torres took advantage of the appearance to announce the creation, by the Council of Ministers, of a High Commissioner “to meet the demands of affected citizens.”