US EditionValencia Leader Resigns Over Deadly Flood Response
Carlos Mazón resigned amid criticism for delayed alerts and poor flood management that killed 229 people and caused €17 billion in damages, with 71% of residents demanding his resignation.
- On Monday, November 3, President of Valencia's Region Carlos Mazón announced his immediate resignation at the Palau de la Generalitat, citing his government's handling of the DANA floods that killed 229 people in October 2024.
- Public anger focused on late warnings after the Spanish national weather agency AEMET's highest alert, as residents and protesters in Valencia criticized emergency alerts sent over 12 hours late during the 25 October protest.
- Mazón's lengthy lunch with journalist Maribel Vilaplana lasted almost four hours on the flood day, and his resignation coincided with her testimony at Catarroja court.
- An interim successor has not been named as Mazón will remain in the Valencian regional parliament with immunity, while the PP's reliance on Vox complicates the leadership choice.
- The floods hit 78 municipalities, swept away 130,000 vehicles and generated 800,000 tonnes of debris, with officials warning Mazón's resignation may delay regional reconstruction.
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A year after the floods caused by the DANA (insulated depression at high levels) in Valencia, the tragedy ended up drowning a presidency: that of the head of the Spanish region, Carlos Mazón, of the right-wing Popular Party (PP), who announced this Monday his resignation after a year of harsh criticism for his management of the catastrophe that caused 229 deaths in the municipality in the east of Spain. “I can no longer,” confessed the now “pres…
The President of the Valencian Regional Government in Spain, Mazon, has declared his resignation.
Spain’s Valencia Leader Resigns Over Handling Of Deadly 2024 Floods
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief MADRID (Worthy News) – The aftermath of Spain’s worst flooding in recent memory became clearer Monday as Valencia’s regional president, Carlos Mazón, resigned after enduring months of political and public backlash over his handling of the 2024 floods that killed more than 200 people. “I can’t go on anymore,” Mazón said in an emotional address at the Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana, the seat of…
Consumed during the tribute to the victims of the disaster of October 2024, the Conservative president presented his resignation on Monday, for lack of party support.
When Carlos Mazón, president of the Valencian Generalitat and leader of the Regional People's Party (PP), presented himself before the press this morning at nine o'clock, he chose solemn words: "To carry on this work requires a force that neither I nor my family have any more." But behind the dramatic tone and the attempt to defend himself, his resignation marks the epilogue of a political and moral crisis that had been inundating for months. Ma…
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