The former president of the Valencian Generalitat and current PP deputy in Les Corts, Carlos Mazón, has asked the judge of Catarroja who is instructing the investigation into the management of the devastating DANA of October 2024, which caused 230 fatalities in the province of Valencia, to be able to formally appear in the procedure.
This is stated in the document to which Europa Press has had access, sent to the court of Catarroja by Mazón's defense, represented by lawyer Ignacio Gally.
The initiative comes a few days after the magistrate agreed to summon the 'expresident' as a witness in the case and a week after the High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV) rejected charging him by not finding evidence of a crime in his actions during the DANA.
As detailed in the document, Mazón submits his request to appear as a party under the protection of the Criminal Procedure Law, with the purpose of safeguarding his interests within the framework of the investigation.
The document emphasizes that Mazón has maintained since the beginning of the procedure "a position of maximum respect towards the investigation carried out and towards the decisions adopted, even having indirect knowledge, through open sources, of the practice of investigative actions and evidentiary proceedings that directly affected his legal sphere".
In the same vein, it is added that "that position of procedural prudence --the same brief continues-- did not obey any passivity, but a conscious decision not to interfere either in the actions of the investigating judge nor in those of the TSJCV" and that, for that reason, until now voluntary appearance had not been considered essential.
After the order of the TSJV, "and fully sharing the conclusions reached by this body regarding the non-existence of criminal responsibility for Mazón, it is time to make effective the prerogative to analyze the proceedings that continue to be carried out against him even after the resolution of the competent court," it is indicated in the brief.
For all this, Mazón's defense requests the judge to consider the appearance brief as presented and that, once his appearance in the case is accepted, he be allowed to fully access the proceedings.