Former acting leader of Spain’s Valencia region, Carlos Mazon, appeared before parliament on November 17, amid scrutiny over his handling of the catastrophic 2024 floods that claimed 229 lives and caused billions in damages.
During tense questioning, Mazon insisted he was not negligent and claimed authorities were unaware of the scale of the disaster. Lawmakers and opposition figures accused him of inaction and irresponsibility, with some demanding jail time. The session highlighted ongoing outrage over the tragedy, despite Mazon’s resignation earlier this month.
Watch as Spanish lawmakers confront Mazon over missed emergency calls, delayed warnings, and controversial actions during one of the country’s deadliest floods in recent history.
00:42I hope he pays for everything he has done with prison
01:00No one knew that people were advocating, no one knew, you did not know that they were being advocated
01:10No
01:11Your wife
01:14Wants you to know something, that in addition to losing her husband, she has lost her love and her friend
01:20Do you have anything to tell her?
01:24Yes, it is the first question, yes, the first
01:27The first
01:28My condolences to all the victims, Mr. Rousseffan
01:31The time is up, and first of all, Mr. Ibanez has the floor for a maximum time
01:36I am the only one who has apologized
01:38Take advantage and repeat it
01:39And no, I have no problem as a political leader in apologizing on behalf of the administrations, of the Generalitat itself and of whoever is in charge, but I am the only one who has done so
01:48You are responsible for the death of 229 people
01:58If you had done what you had to do, if you had been where you had to be, those people would be here today watching their children and grandchildren grow up
02:08You are telling me things that I am not saying
02:14What I am telling you is that I may not have heard a call, but I was in contact and I was proactive
02:19Man, being absent with calls between 5 and 8, 16, 17 or 18 to find out how things were progressing, to look for information on how things were going, does not seem to me to be absent or to have any type of lack of responsibility
02:33Now, if what you want to convey is that there could have been more victims, that there could have been more damage depending on the geographic location from where I could make the calls, that seems like an insult to the victims
02:45Sir
02:46Thank you
02:47Thank you
02:48You did not answer
02:49You did not speak to your advisor to find out about the emergency until 5.43pm
02:53A serious emergency
02:55All the information from 12.52 to 5.43pm
02:58He didn't speak to his emergency counselor
03:00He called her at 4.29pm, and she didn't answer either
03:03I'm just asking, does this seem like being careless and negligent to you?
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