This Sunday, a march gathered in Valencia’s Plaza de San Lorenzo, on the main facade of the Les Corts Venicenes hotel, to demand prison for the prisoners. president Acting State General, Carlos Mazzone, and the complete resignation of his advisor Dana Management Which, on October 29, 2024, left 229 deaths in the governorate. The participants demanded elections, chanting, “Volem voteThey warned that they did not want him to come “from Madrid and tell us who should be here” in charge.
In the central part of the rally, called for by more than 200 social entities, the organization placed several banners in a circle: Central, which demands imprisonment for the president and others such as “Our relatives They died because of your incompetence.”
The attendees chanted throughout the ceremony.Volem vote“(“We want to vote”); “Popular party, criminal party”; “They are not dead, but assassinations(“They’re not dead, they’ve been killed”), “Susana Camarero takes us to the slaughterhouse” or “Here is the city of Valencia“(Here are the people of Valencia.) They also displayed two giant effigies of Mazzone dressed as a prisoner and Vice President Susana Camarero, both with painted hands.Pretending to be stained with blood.
The procession was deposited in the line ShOne flower for every 231 deaths Prepared by the entities at the gates of Les Corts on sound Drummer and Dolcena While they displayed posters and pictures of the victims left behind by the tragedy.
President of the Dana Victims Association 29-O, Rosa Alvarez; President of the Dana October 29 Victims Association, Marilou Gradoli; The statement was read by four official spokespeople and representatives of local emergency and reconstruction committees.
The focus took place just one year after the first demonstration that took the streets of Valencia 130,000 peopleWith numbers from the government delegation requesting Mazzone’s resignation. On this occasion, the march changed its slogan to demand, a year later, “Mazón a la presó”, once the march had ended. president He left his post.
“turn a blind eye”
Rosa Alvarez stated in her speech that, “against their will,” they achieved the first goal, which is: “Expel Mazzone” Now the “next step” is to bring him to justice and get off the MP’s record.
Alvarez, who received continuous applause, encouragement and thanks, also warned that “they will not allow From Madrid they impose a government on us in Valencia.”. The entity’s president expressed her gratitude to all the people and entities that helped them this year, and enthusiastically emphasized that this first goal “was not given to us by anyone.”
He thus expressed his gratitude to “the large family that we were able to create in these circumstances” in which they succeeded “Stay strong and on the right path.”
The head of this victims’ organization lamented their accusations of “politicization” when “we x-ray the situation” and “the only thing we do is say they killed our relatives.” He stressed in this vein: “I am not devoted to politics, but I have my own standards.” “You can only be their victims,” he asked, expressing his regret that an “undesirable situation” had put them in this situation and they would not remain in it. “At home crying.”
“The victory of the people of Valencia”
For his part, Gradoli declared that Mazzone’s resignation is “a victory for the entire people of Valencia,” but warned that the victims “do not have enough” and will not stop their struggle until the responsibilities are taken care of. Resignation of the entire council Because he “did not deserve it” and “abandoned the people of Valencia on the worst day in its history.”
“What we ask for is truth, justice and reparations.”He insisted and asked to “vote.” “We don’t want them to decide our future from an office in Madrid. We don’t want that. We Valencians deserve more. We deserve worthy people who deserve the people of Valencia,” he declared.
He appears
In the ten-point statement, they called on Mazzone to relinquish his membership as MP Announced at Cattaruga Court They investigate Dana’s management as well as the resignation of the entire board; Transparency in institutions and knowing where reconstruction funds and donations go; That the “negligence” of companies that “endangered” their workers’ lives on October 29 be investigated, that construction in flood-prone areas on the coast be banned, and that all municipalities have emergency plans.
As well as the participation of the people of the affected towns in making decisions related to reconstruction. That taxes be increased on high incomes for services “of quality, not of good”; Rebuild all damaged schools and finish the barracks; That all people with low income or irregular administrative status have access to public benefits for reconstruction, alternative housing for those who have lost everything, and an end to the “re-victimization” of affected people. They demanded “to stop attacking those who express their discomfort and pain and demand justice.”
The organizing organizations noted that today, for the first time a year ago, they took to the streets to denounce that the “negligence” of Mazzone and his council turned one of the “biggest natural disasters” in Valencian society into a “humanitarian catastrophe.” They declared “they did not die, they were killed,” but expressed their regret about it “Victim’s resignation letter” De Mazon took “no responsibility” and “still does not do so.”
Likewise, they regretted it “Abuse” of victims And that the entire Council “in its shameful journey forward to maintain power, has left behind no trace of solidarity, sympathy, compassion and concern for the victims and those affected.”
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