Former Minister of the Interior and Justice of the State of Valenciana, Salome PradasIt was criticized at the time president From the state, Carlos Mazzone, for not arriving before the Secopi meeting, was called at 5:00 p.m. On the day of Dana. In an interview granted to Save – which airs on Sunday Sixth-, Pradas breaks her silence for the first time and reconstructs the critical moments of Emergency, criticizing Mazzone’s performance during the day.
“That afternoon, I wanted to tell him what was happening, of course. I thought that if they informed us of the possibility of a collapse at the Vorata Dam or that we were to launch an alert, the President of the State General would know. On subsequent reflection, I concluded that it was necessary for Mr. Mazzone, as the highest institutional representative of the State General, to “He could have been there (in Sekopi) with us.” The former advisor confirmed in the interview that she is being investigated along with her “number two,” Emilio Argueso, in the criminal case related to the management of the floods of October 29, 2024.
In a preview that the chain posted on its social networks, Pradas explained that she was unable to inform her president Real time about the situation. “I was unable to inform him at the time the sending of the electronic alert was under discussion nor at the time it had already been decided because I didn’t pick up the phone“Says the former advisor.
In fact, according to the judicial record that she herself contributed to the case opened by the DANA administration in the Cattaruga court, her calls to Mazzone were not answered. now Former President He later argued before a congressional investigative committee that he must have had his cell phone “in his backpack” and that was why he did not hear the calls.
In this regard, Pradas stated that he had received these clarifications “In great pain.” Holding back tears, he says: “I immediately thought about the victims, because it was the worst moment of the afternoon.”
“He didn’t tell me where he was.”
Likewise, the former councilor emphasized that her aim was never to seek the opinion of the then Council President for sending the electronic alert, but rather to “keep him informed” of the decisions they were making. “I did not want to ask him for his opinion or his assessment. Nothing on the part of Mr. Mazzone stopped Es Alert,” he stressed, adding also that he had not been informed that that afternoon he had been dining with journalist Maribel Villaplana at El Ventoro. “He didn’t tell me where he was and he didn’t know. I didn’t notice his anxiety either.”.
The alert message was finally issued at 8:11 p.m., with a margin of a minute compared to the only call they both made that afternoon, at 8:10 p.m.
During the interview Pradas It also addresses political and technical decisions Adopted during the disaster, disagreements with AEMET and the Jokar Hydrographic Union and her subsequent dismissal from the position of chancellor by Mazzone.