{"id":124233,"date":"2024-11-10T13:18:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T06:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124233"},"modified":"2024-11-10T13:18:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T06:18:09","slug":"thousands-of-spaniards-demand-the-resignation-of-valencia-leader-for-bungling-flood-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124233","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Spaniards demand the resignation of Valencia leader for bungling flood response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>VALENCIA, Spain (AP) \u2014 Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in the eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to demand the resignation of the regional president in charge of the emergency response to last week\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spain-floods-missing-people-valencia-dead-d032b706a16c1051ee2d741af10afa7b\">catastrophic floods<\/a><\/span> that left more than 200 dead and others missing.<\/p>\n<p>A group of protestors clashed with riot police in front of Valencia\u2019s city hall, where the protestors started their march to the seat of the regional government. Police used batons to beat them back.<\/p>\n<p>Regional leader Carlos Maz\u00f3n is under immense pressure after his administration failed to issue flood alerts to citizens\u2019 cellphones until <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spain-floods-what-went-wrong-33e385a9328f4040cb550441ffc85902\">hours after the flooding started<\/a><\/span> on the night of Oct. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Many marchers held up homemade signs or chanted \u201cMaz\u00f3n Resign!\u201d Others carried signs with messages like \u201cYou Killed Us!\u201d Upon arrival at the regional government seat, some protesters slung mud on the building and left handprints of the muck on its facade.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, Maz\u00f3n told regional broadcaster \u00c0 Punt that \u201cthere will be time to hold officials accountable,\u201d but that now \u201cis time to keep cleaning our streets, helping people and rebuilding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that he \u201crespected\u201d the march.<\/p>\n<p>Maz\u00f3n, of the conservative Popular Party, is also being criticized for what people perceive as the slow and chaotic response to the natural disaster. Thousands of volunteers were the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/flash-floods-spain-valencia-f52e40c9fdf2af44814617948afdb920\">first boots on the ground<\/a><\/span> in many of the hardest hit areas on Valencia\u2019s southern outskirts. It took days for officials to mobilize the thousands of police reinforcements and soldiers that the regional government asked central authorities to send in.<\/p>\n<p>In Spain, regional governments are charged with handling civil protection and can ask the national government in Madrid, led by the Socialists, for extra resources.<\/p>\n<p>Maz\u00f3n has defended his handling of the crisis saying that its magnitude was unforeseeable and that his administration didn\u2019t receive sufficient warnings from central authorities.<\/p>\n<p>But Spain\u2019s weather agency issued a red alert, the highest level of warning, for bad weather as early as 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning as the disaster loomed.<\/p>\n<p>Some communities were flooded by 6 p.m. It took until after 8 p.m. for Maz\u00f3n\u2019s administration to send out alerts to people\u2019s cellphones.<\/p>\n<p>Maz\u00f3n was with Spain\u2019s royals and Socialist prime minister when they were <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spain-floods-king-protest-mud-a8525bd82cf4cc3fc6273d535cbb9d66\">pelted with mud<\/a><\/span> by enraged residents during their first visit to a devastated area last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Sara S\u00e1nchez Gurillo attended the protest because she had lost her brother-in-law, 62-year-old Candido Molina Pulgar\u00edn. She said his body was found in a field of orange trees after he was trapped by the water in his home in the town of Cheste, west of Valencia.<\/p>\n<p>She wanted Maz\u00f3n to go, but also had harsh words for the country\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shameful what has happened,\u201d S\u00e1nchez said. \u201cThey knew that the sky was going to fall and yet they didn\u2019t warn anyone. They didn\u2019t evacuate the people. We want them to resign!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe central government should have taken charge. They should have sent in the army earlier. The king should have made them send it in. Why do we want him as a symbolic figure? He is worthless. The people are alone. They have abandoned us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The death toll stood at 220 victims on Saturday, with 212 coming in the eastern Valencia region, as the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spain-floods-climate-search-sea-science-84b94b4855a864bba5cb88f56171ee5c\">search for bodies goes on<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands more lost their homes and streets are still covered in mud and debris 11 days since the arrival of a tsunami-like wave following a record deluge.<\/p>\n<p>___ Joseph Wilson reported from Barcelona.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spain-floods-protest-valencia-897877bed9379462c06ea00ec24b7fd7\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VALENCIA, Spain (AP) \u2014 Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in the eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to demand the resignation of the regional president in charge of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124233\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}