Felipe and Letizia return to Valencia after the tense visit to Paiporta

After the tense visit of the kings, Pedro Sánchez and Carlos Mazón to Paiporta, Felipe and Letizia They have returned to the areas affected by DANA to talk to neighbors and take an interest in the reconstruction work.

The kings have started visiting Chivaone of the stops they had planned on their first visit but had to cancel due to the incidents. They have been there accompanied by the Valencian president Carlos Mazón and the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres.

The visit began with a strong security device in the Town Hall square, where Hundreds of neighbors were waiting for Felipe and Letizia, whom they received with applause and shouts of support.. According to EFE, some shout against Carlos Mazón.

Felipe and Letizia have also visited the Poyo ravine areawhich overflowed after heavy rains and caused serious damage, in addition to a provisional bridge built by volunteers who have traveled to Chiva these weeks to help.

The mayor of Chiva, Amparo Fort, has been in charge of guiding the kings during their visit and precisely in the ravine area she has explained to Felipe and Letizia how the flood occurred and the path of the water on the afternoon of October 29.

During this first visit, the kings also wanted to greet some local police and military personnel who are currently working in the area to continue with the reconstruction. They have also agreed with the journalist Carlos Alsina, who has asked the queen what they want to convey with this visit: “Listening, being, sharing, being with them, continuing to maintain attention here, that intention that, as you say in your program, has “It has to be constant, it has to be… it must never decay.”

On his second stop in one of the towns most affected by the floods, UtielFelipe and Letizia have once again been received, as in Chiva, by the neighbors in a much friendlier atmosphere than that of the visit to Paiporta a few weeks ago. The kings arrived at the municipality around 1:45 p.m. and were received there by the mayor, Ricardo Gabaldón, who presided over the procession.

In addition to speaking with the neighbors and getting to know some of the areas affected by the ravages of the floods, the kings have also spent a few minutes at the Civil Guard barracks in the municipality. Chatting with the neighbors, Felipe VI has highlighted the importance of the administrations working as a team and guaranteeing support for the neighbors: “We know that we have to comply with many procedures and many controls and so on, but The point is that the aid works, that it reaches them… It is important“.

“One of the phrases that they repeat the most or that they remember the most is that we do not forget them“, said the king after speaking with some students who explained to the kings what the return to classes has been like.

Shortly before five in the afternoon, Felipe and Letizia made the third and last stop of the day in Letur, Albacetewhere six people died and the passage of the DANA left hundreds of damages in various parts of the town. The kings made the visit with Emiliano García-Page, president of Castilla-La Mancha and Isabel Rodríguez, Minister of Housing.

As during the morning visits, the kings have been received with applause by the neighbors who wanted to come out to greet them. Felipe and Letizia They have been at the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Letur Early Childhood and Primary Education School (CEIP)which during the first days of the emergency became an advanced command post for security forces.

The kings They have met with the families of the deceased during the tragedy to show their condolences, and they also wanted to greet some children who were in the center’s classrooms after they were able to resume classes.

Felipe and Letizia finished the visit by touring the old town of Leturone of the areas most affected by the floods, where the water or electricity supply has not yet been able to be restored to some of the homes.