The Guardia Civil is investigating the altercations in Paiporta and in the “next hours or days” there will be significant advances on the identification of those who provoked them.. But, for the moment, the Government continues to point to a “marginal” group that was organized to carry out the attacks against the King and Queen, the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezand that of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón. “Violence is not acceptable in any case, and even more so when this violence is not with the people who suffer, but with the people who are suffering. has other political connotations“said this Monday the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles.
In particular, Robles referred to the attack perpetrated against the President of the Government, which, as confirmed by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, was beaten with a stick and his car was stoned. on his way out of the town. In an interview on TVE, Marlaska has pointed out that the violent acts were carried out by a very marginal” group of people and that from the first moment there was a “minimum of organization”. However, he has eluded answering on whether behind the throwing of objects was the ultra-right. “It is being investigated and I do not want to advance the conclusions. which must be based on objective elements,” he said.
Although other members of the Government, such as the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, is of the opinion that this Sunday’s visit to Paiporta was not “successful”.Marlaska has not assessed this decision, although he wanted to clarify that the security device was designed by the security team of the Royal House with the support of the Civil Guard, and that it is “obvious” that the objective of Felipe VI and Letizia was to show solidarity with the citizens.
The Minister of the Interior has also stressed that the decision for Sánchez to leave Paiporta was for “obvious security reasons. “There was an obvious risk and he had already received a blow.. His security team acted diligently,” said Marlaska.
“Political connotations”
For her part, the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has described as “unacceptable” the shouts and blows against Sánchez and added that. she perceives “political connotations” behind. In an interview on RNE, Robles has said that he understands “perfectly the pain” and the “discomfort” of those affected, but not the violence “of a part”. “Those who shouted, who hit the President of the Government, that is unacceptable from any point of view and I will not give arguments to those who want political confrontation,” he has assessed.
In her opinion, this violence does not respond to the “indignation” of the neighbors, and after saying that she also feels “shocked” and that “we would all like to do more,” she has argued that can be done “better or worse”. but what we have to do now is to be with the people who are suffering, “talk as little as possible and work as much as possible”. “We need a command, a control, like the army does.. That is what we are working on, we are not going to look at the past, we will talk about the past, what we are going to look at is that we are going to continue working without limit, without rest”, he guaranteed.