Teresa Ribera, Pedro Sánchez, CHJ, AEMET… List of culprits for PP (menos Mazón)

Teresa Ribera, Pedro Sánchez, CHJ, AEMET… List of culprits for PP (menos Mazón)

The People's Party (PP) has stepped up its criticism of Pedro Sánchez's government ahead of the DANA-instigated crisis. Regardless of the strategy, there is no problem for different actors in different institutions, It now centers on Teresa RiberadaHe appoints the Minister of Environmental Transition as directly responsible for disaster management.

From the beginning of the emergency, the PP chose the tactic of “blowing out the balloons” by blaming everyone but them for the crisis. In a series of declarations, the “popular” president, Alberto Nunes Feycoo, insisted that Disaster management has become “smart”. And he suggested that Teresa Ribera should follow the example of the German minister who resigned for junior positions. The criticism of the environmental transition minister added to earlier attacks on the government, which accused him of acting in “bad faith” during the emergency.

Blame the embargo, what the PP fails to mention is that the powers to manage this type of emergency are autonomous in Spain. The person directly responsible for alert management and reinforcement request is the regional government through the Generalitat Valenciana, in this case the PP. Nevertheless, PP continues to focus on Pedro Sanchezthe president of the government diverts attention from his role in governance.

The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazon, was one of the first signal a la UME (Unidad Militar de Emergencias), acusándola de no enviar enoughes refuerzos. Sin embargo, un comunicado del jefe de la UME made it clear that the decision to deploy more effective people does not depend on them, but on the Generalitat, which should give the order.

But the list of culprits for PP does not end there. La State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has also been criticized for its warning management because, as Feijóo points out, climate data can be inaccurate and inaccurate. In addition, Confederation Hidrográfica del JucarThe person responsible for water management in the basin had to issue a communiqué clarifying that the issue of flood warnings is not their responsibility, but that of the autonomous bodies, namely the Generalitat.