„Around 100,000 poured onto the streets of the Spanish city of Valencia Saturday to protest the government’s handling of last month’s deadly floods.“
„The regional government is morally and ethically incapable of handling the reconstruction,” Anna Oliver, a spokesperson for the march, told the media.“
„In what is now deemed the worst natural disaster in Spain’s modern history, at least 222 people died in Valencia, while eight others died in other regions.“
„This is the second massive protest targeting the regional government of Valencia, with the main demand being for the President of Valencia, Carlos Mazon, to step down.
An estimated 130,000 people attended the first protest, according to government figures.“
„Mazon is bearing the brunt of the anger because his government failed to alert citizens about the floods until it was too late.“
„It later emerged that he was having a long lunch on the day of the floods and arrived two hours late to the emergency meeting, according to Spanish media reports.“
„“He has not asked for forgiveness or provided any reasonable explanation for what happened that day,”“
„Spain’s central government was also criticized in the protest’s manifesto, which accused it of failing to intervene or pressure the Valencian government when faced with its “inaction.”“
„Earlier on Saturday, around 5,000 firefighters protested in Madrid over a lack of government coordination in emergency situations like the floods.“