The Minister of Justice that had the emergency powers during the Dana, Salome Pradas, wanted to depart on the controversy for the new version of the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, on the time of his arrival at the Cecopi on the day of the Dana, which has gone from being “from 7 pm”, to be “at 8:28 p.m.”. In statements to Eldiaro.es, about whether he was expected at the arrival of the president for the sending of the mass alert, he replied: “The truth will already be known. I stay in saying nothing for now, although some information harms me, but I am clear about what happened. ”
It is the first time that the former Minister of Justice breaks her silence. Since leaving the Generalitat, he makes life in his Castelló of the native flat without having joined any position in the public administration or in the private sector. In another conversation with this medium, Salome Pradas explained that he was having a bad time and that “he is not in a position to speak publicly.” He will do it when he touches, he has reiterated Eldiario.es on several occasions.
Pradas is now the key person who can place the president and who spoke with him several times about the launch of the alert during the afternoon of October 29. It will be the one that can clarify whether Carlos Mazón was aware and if he made decisions about it, or all the responsibility falls on her and the technicians.
Pradas has pointed more its version is the Public Espejo program by stating that it kept Carlos Mazón informed during the afternoon and that the decision of the message ES-Alert was taken by the technicians. In addition, he explained that there are people who are trying to divert the responsibilities towards her, and not precisely the president.
On contacts with the mayors the Minister has always explained that in the morning she was with the mayor of Carlet, the area of the Ribera Alta where the rainfall focused in the morning, and posterioment points out that she was in contact with the mayor of Utiel, Ricardo Gabaldón, a locality affected more from noon and that suffered strong floods. The mayor of Utiel himself has defended the performance of the Minister, who at all times took the phone and sent him a helicopter to “make more than forty rescues.”
On the other hand, he has assured that his information focused on the state of the Forata dam and not on the Poyo ravine. On the fact that it was reported in the media reiterates, like other responsible, that there were no television screens in the Cecopi.
As for his personal situation, he affirms that he is shattered and that he does not stop thinking about everything that happened, but also states that he feels frustrated because he cannot defend himself.
Source: www.eldiario.es
