Valencia: mass mobilization, “The people save the people”
Saturday 9 There was a historic demonstration for Mazón's resignation. Grief for the deceased, missing, for the damage caused by DANA and the moving mass solidarity, does not prevent indignation from being expressed at the actions of the authorities. There were also complaints in Catalonia, other Communities and cities.
By Santiago González
More of 130.000 people took to the streets and overflowed the Valencia City Hall square to demand the resignation of the president of the Valencian Generalitat Carlos Mazón (PP). Some protesters walked kilometers to reach, still muddy from helping with the morning cleaning tasks. There were simultaneous demonstrations in Elche, Alicante and other municipalities in the community to complain about the criminal management before the DANA that hit different locations a few days ago.
The protest proceeded normally., although there were some altercations with the local police. The day was forceful and left no room for doubt about the opinion of Valencians in the face of the worst climate and political catastrophe since the return of democracy..
The posters demanded the resignation of Mazón, They complained about his ineffective management and political irresponsibility.. The demonstration in the center was massive and those who could not arrive because they remained isolated, They demonstrated in their localities.
The PP tried to distort the mobilization, arguing that it was a “political demonstration”. Those cynics, They try to evade their political responsibilities by rejecting the genuine popular discontent after Mazón's disastrous management both on the day of the catastrophe, like the following days.
The bourgeois political arc has once again failed the people. The Popular Party did so by incorporating Vox into the government, fervent denier of the climate change generated by capitalist voracity, who prefers to use public money on bullfighting shows instead of allocating it to the Valencian emergency unit, already suppressed by this management. The day of the catastrophe, the government was absent, since it is known that while the floods were happening in the municipalities of Horta Sud, The head of the Autonomous State was eating with a journalist and arrived late to the emergency meeting to declare the alarm.
And we must also point out the central government of Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) and his “progressive coalition” that does not provide sufficient aid in the face of such an emergency, arguing that his hands are tied by Mazón who does not make the corresponding order. Once again they combine insensitivity, the decomposition and incompetence of the rulers of the PSOE and PP-Vox in the face of the deceased, the missing, those affected and their families. As usual, They prefer politics instead of doing what needs to be done to get the thousands of affected people out of this situation.. It is no coincidence that Felipe VI, Sánchez and Mazón have been disowned and mud has been thrown at them when they appeared in the flooded areas.
Thousands and thousands of volunteers have gone to the affected areas since the disaster began, carrying food and basic necessities, removing mud and water from the houses of those affected, moving debris and cars to clear the roads because the first few days there was not a single uniformed man to be seen. The absence of the state was total, because some "didn't want to ask", and others could not give the necessary help. It is for this reason that the motto “The people save the people” has taken on meaning., more as a claim to those who govern than as an idealization of volunteering. The military, Firefighters and rescue teams are already present on the ground but they came to terms. That is why the anger and discontent that was felt on Saturday, shouting “Sánchez y Mazón, "they are the same shit".
Updating official data on the effects of DANA and the devastating floods of the past 29 of October keeps in 222 the number of confirmed fatalities and has raised to 36.721 the number of people rescued, 64 of them in the last hours. Solidarity has also been expressed, for example, with mobilizations at the PP headquarters in different cities of Catalonia.
The national and regional States must put all the resources and means they have at the disposal of the victims., no excuses. Mobilized solidarity is as necessary as establishing political responsibilities in the face of the consequences of the catastrophe and ensuring that there is no impunity for the rulers., so that the next climate events do not have painful costs in human lives.
