The PSPV in the Diputació de València plans to register a formal request to relaunch the investigation commission on the management of the dana, after the judge investigating the case for the tragedy of October 29, 2024, in which 230 people died, has questioned the veracity of the account offered by the president of the provincial corporation, Vicent Mompó (PP).
The request comes after the ruling issued last Monday by the magistrate of Catarroja, in which she emphasizes that Mompó, in his last appearance as a witness in the proceedings, and also in the first, maintained that only the situation of the Forata dam was discussed in the Cecopi, "of which there is abundant evidence in the case that refutes it."
From the socialist ranks, they also emphasize that the judge "has not considered credible the version of several PP representatives either," expressly citing the vice-president of the Diputació, Reme Mazzolari, and the deputy for Firefighters, Avelino Mascarell.
In a public statement, the provincial spokesperson for the PSPV, Carlos Fernández Bielsa, announces that they will demand that Mompó, Mazzolari, and Mascarell sit before the commission again to give detailed explanations about their role in managing the emergency. In relation to Mompó, Bielsa warns that, if he does not offer the clarifications they consider essential, the socialists will ask for his resignation.
The PSPV maintains that the investigation commission "was closed prematurely" and argues that its reopening is essential to clarify the "contradictions and evasiveness" that, in their opinion, the PP officials showed during their interventions.
In the same vein, they argue that the statements made to the judge by the president and the 'popular' deputies reflect conduct that they describe as "insolence, insolvency, and indolence" in the face of the seriousness of the events being analyzed.
Likewise, the socialists point out that Mompó could have been allegedly involved in a possible crime of false testimony, an aspect that, in their opinion, requires demanding new explanations and clarifying the political responsibilities that follow.