V. shocked to see protesters and flood survivors throwing mud & rocks at King Felipe VI.
They shouted insults at him when he visited their devastated town. V. sad & tragic.
But it’s also shameful of these Spaniards to behave like this.
The people should be furious with the president of the Valencian government (Mazón) and the National President (Pedro Sánchez). It seems the regional government was informed of the flooding danger in the early morning, but refused to act until the flooding had already been going for a while. And ... then Mazón denies help from firefighters and rescue teams from other parts of Spain. He also refuses to call in the Army. Incredible incompetence. State of emergency should have been declared so the military could act much quicker and at full force. It’s been 5 days with little aid & only 1200 military for a flooding that affected 450k citizens.
The King came to speak to the people — while the other two hid in their armored cars.
Respect the king.
Spain is a constitutional monarchy. The King - as Head of State - has no actual power. He can only seek to sway the government.
And yet, he actually faced people ... so he genuinely cares.
The modern civilisation does what it does best
ReplyDeleteThe Kings appears to be a lovely man. I believe that those people took their frustration out on the King and Queen of Spain, the people certainly didn't show respect, some did of course. The Royals did well to be there and listen.
ReplyDeleteThe reaction to the King and Queen was remarkable. I understand people being angry at the government, but there was no justification for attacking the King and Queen.
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