Insults and Throws Mud to the Kings of Spain in Valencia
King Philip (d) tries to mediate among the indignant neighbors during his visit to Paiporta this Sunday. Cries of ‘outside’, as well as throwing mud, are receiving the delegation of the kings of Spain, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, on their arrival in the center of Paiporta. Photo: EFE/ Biel Aliño
November 3, 2024 Hour: 1:35 pm
The entourage of the Spanish kings, Felipe VI and Letizia, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, the regional president of Valencia was received in Paiporta, Comunidad Valenciana, the epicenter of the severe floods, with “outside” shouting as well as mud throwing.
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Dozens of volunteers and indignant neighbors received the procession with insults and faced it, with shouts of “out, out”, while both the king and queen tried to mediate with young people who approached them.
In Paiporta, a town where there have been at least 62 deaths from flooding, which caused 213 deaths in the province, as well as an undetermined number of missing people in the largest natural disaster in Spain in the century.
News agencies and videos on social networks shows that with his face stained with mud, as well as his coat, the king continued to advance through one of the main streets of this town in the zero zone of the storm and tried to reassure several of the volunteers, Very upset after five days of flood disaster.
The queen also spoke with some of the indignados, while there were “out, out” shouts and insults addressed to all authorities.
Although initially security began to open umbrellas to prevent mud falling on the motorcade, they later closed them while the king continued walking and stopping to talk with the volunteers and disturbed neighbors.
On the other hand, the Head of the Spanish government Pedro Sanchez was carried out quickly while the bodyguards protected the group with umbrellas from the intense mud. Residents expressed their anger, questioning the lack of presence of President Pedro Sanchez from the outset and demanding immediate action to address the situation.
Autor: ACJ
Fuente: El Pais // The Guardian // EFE