The kings don Philip and Mrs. Letizia They are already in Chivaone of the three towns seriously affected by the DANA October that they are going to visit this Tuesday together with Utiel, also in Valencia, and Letur, in Albacete.
At around 11:40 a.m. they arrived at the Chiva City Hall, where they were received by a crowd of neighbors who welcomed them with applausea very different atmosphere from the one experienced on November 3 in Paiporta. After greeting the population, the monarchs entered the town hall building to hold a meeting with the mayor of the town, Amparo Fort, who accompanied them upon their arrival along with the Valencian president, Carlos Mazón.
On the part of the Government, given that President Pedro Sánchez is at the G-20 summit in Brazil, the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has been in charge of accompanying the kings on their visit to Chiva and to Utiel, which they plan to arrive at 1:00 p.m. The Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda, Isabel Rodríguez, will be the one who travels with them to Letur, where the flood left six victims and where they are expected to arrive this afternoon starting at 4:00 p.m.
Felipe VI and Mrs. Letizia have visited Chiva after the last November 3 would suspend the visit they had planned to make for the incidents that occurred in the town of Paiportawhere the authorities – the kings, the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón – were rebuked upon their arrival, and had mud, stones and other objects such as sticks thrown at them.
After this postponement, the Chiva City Council immediately received a commitment from the kings that they would soon visit this town, one of the most affected by DANA, a catastrophe that has caused more than 220 deaths in three Autonomous Communities, most of them in Valencia. . The new trip of Felipe VI and Doña Letizia is framed in the decision of the kings of continue steadily the work of caring for the victims.
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