Overview
- Lawmakers began three days of hearings with the first 13 of 127 planned testimonies from people affected by the October 29, 2024 floods.
- Victims speak under an atypical format granting 15 minutes uninterrupted, five minutes of questions by each group, and a further 15 minutes to respond.
- Rosa María Álvarez, representing bereaved families, called Carlos Mazón “the maximum responsible” and said their next objective is to seek his imprisonment, while criticizing the PP‑controlled Senate inquiry for not inviting them.
- Carlos Mazón has resigned and is scheduled to appear before the commission on November 17 as acting regional president.
- The commission filed 126 requests for documents and footage and plans to summon national and regional officials, emergency agencies and the Júcar river basin authority, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and seven ministers on the list.