The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has delivered to the head of the Court of Instruction number 3 of Catarroja, Nuria Ruiz Tobarra, the messages that he sent to the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, on the day of the dana on October 29, 2024. “Take the initiative of communication… It is the key,” the leader of the conservatives snapped at the head of the Consell at 11:27 p.m. who had already informed him that there could have been deaths due to the floods. Previously, when he had become interested in the situation due to the news he read in the press, he had already encouraged him and told him to lead the communication “informatively” “as he did in the fire” of the Campanar building in Valencia on February 22, 2024.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo has responded through a notarial act to the judge’s second request to clarify the conversation he had on the day of the crime with the president of the Generalitat to have more information about the actions of the head of the Consell and his councilor Salomé Pradas, accused in the procedure. In the first, the president of the PP delivered the messages that Carlos Mazón had sent him, but not his own as the judge did not specify it in the initial request. With her messages through the WhatsApp messaging application provided this Friday, the judge now has the complete conversation that both politicians had.
It was Alberto Núñez Feijóo who was the first to contact Carlos Mazón on the day of the dana. At 7:59 p.m. the president of the PP made himself available to the regional president. “Friend Carlos. I send to all the citizens of the Valencian Community my solidarity and encouragement to overcome this situation. I am ready to help the entire organization and myself. A big hug.” At this time, Mazón was entering the Palau de la Generalitat after his copious lunch with the journalist Maribel Vilaplana in El Ventorro. Mazón did not respond with a brief “thank you, president,” until 8:08 p.m. It was from there when the head of the Consell began to provide information to the national leader of his party.
At 8:09 p.m. and 8:15 p.m., Mazón tells him that the situation is “getting screwed up by the minute” and that the night will be “long.” Feijóo answers: “Courage. Lead informatively as you did in the fire”, in reference to the Campanar fire in which a dozen people died and which occurred in February 2022. At that time, the head of the Consell is on his way in an official car to the Generalitat Emergency Center where the Cecopi meeting takes place. Mazón does not know the true magnitude of what is already happening and the fate of dozens of Valencians, who drowned in those minutes.
Mazón and Feijóo have not spoken for several hours because the president of the PP is at an event. The president of the Generalitat calls him to ask for the cell phone of the person who was CEO of Telefónica, but the president of the PP does not answer the phone and gives it to him at 9:45 p.m. At that time, Mazón wrote to him: “We are overwhelmed, we do not know what is really happening but we receive dozens of missing people and I cannot confirm them.” “Thank you Presi.”
Feijóo did not answer him until 11:21 p.m., when he became interested in the Government’s actions. “It says that the Government has called you. I hope that is the case and they are giving you enough help,” writes Feijóo. The president of the Generalitat answers him in two messages: “More or less yes, but they have set up a crisis cabinet that is worthless. Bah.” The president of the PP insists on the actions of the Executive and the situation of the dana: “What time did they call you? What minister do you have as a reference?” The head of the Consell answers that he has spoken with several ministers and that they have what they need, specifically, the EMU.
At 11:26 p.m. and 11:27 p.m., Carlos Mazón informs Feijóo that there will be deaths and that they cannot access any of the affected municipalities. The president of the PP answers: “Logical. Cheer up, friend. Take the initiative of communication… It is the key. The mayors, councils coordinated and with the people and you informing.”
The conversation between Mazón and Feijóo, which this Friday is already known in full, reveals that the president of the PP was not fully informed of what was happening and that he was not informed of the dimension of the situation until after 11:25 p.m. Before, the data provided by the president of the Generalitat was very vague, probably because the head of the Consell himself did not know anything as he did not arrive at Cecopi until 8:29 p.m. “I was informed at all times” was actually a way to protect his party partner or to hide his catastrophic management on the afternoon of the dana.
This is the complete conversation between Feijóo and Mazón on the day of the dana:
Núñez Feijóo: 7:59 p.m.: “Friend Carlos. I send to all the citizens of the Valencian Community my solidarity and encouragement to overcome this situation. I am ready to help the entire organization and myself. A big hug.”
Carlos Mazón. 8:08 p.m.: “Thank you Presi.”
CM 20.09 hours: “I’ll tell you later.” “It’s getting fucked up every minute.”
CM 8:15 p.m.: “Long night ahead.”
NF 8:26 p.m.: “Courage. Lead informatively as you did in the fire.”
CM 9:44 p.m.: “I was calling you on Pallete’s cell phone.” “We cannot work without a telephone.” “I have already spoken to him.”
NF 9:45 p.m.: “Good.”
CM 9:45 p.m.: “We are overwhelmed, we don’t know what is really happening but we are getting dozens of missing people and I cannot confirm them.” “Thank you Presi.”
NF 11:21 p.m.: “It says that the Government has called you. I hope that is the case and they are giving you enough help.”
CM 11:21 p.m.: “More or less yes.”
CM 11:22 p.m.: “But they have set up a crisis cabinet that is worthless. Bah.”
NF 11:23 p.m.: “What time did they call you? What minister do you have as a reference?”
CM 11:23 p.m.: “Yes, I have spoken with Sanchez, Montero and those in defense and interior so that they have possible troops on pre-alert for tomorrow.” “The problem now is that we can’t even enter many towns with people on the roofs scared to death.”
NF 11:23 p.m.: “When do you think the damage will end?”
CM 11:24 p.m.: “An hour ago. But through delegation for the moment we have what we need, which right now is the ume.” “At three in the morning at the earliest.” “Eternal night ahead.”
CM 11:25 p.m.: “We have not made it public yet but dead people are already appearing in Utiel and many more are going to appear.” “This is going to be a fucking disaster, presi.”
NF 11:25 p.m.: “If you think I should go tomorrow or Thursday morning, I’m available.”
CM 11:26 p.m.: “there will be dozens for sure.” “Yes, yes. I’m telling you. But until it dawns tomorrow we don’t know what the hell we’re going to find.”
NF 11:27 p.m.: “Logical. Cheer up, friend. Take the initiative of communication… It’s the key. The mayors and councils are coordinated and with the people and you informing.”
Source: www.eldiario.es
