Overview
- Carlos Mazón announced his resignation in a televised address, saying “I can’t go on anymore” and acknowledging mistakes during the crisis.
- He gave no clarity on calling snap elections or relinquishing his regional assembly seat, leaving questions about his parliamentary immunity and succession.
- Judicial and congressional probes continue into possible negligent crimes, with Judge Nuria Ruiz Tobarra citing “overwhelming evidence of negligent conduct” as journalist Maribel Vilaplana testifies today.
- The regional alert to residents’ phones went out after flooding had begun, with reporting placing the message after 8 p.m. as Mazón spent hours at a lunch before arriving at the crisis center later in the evening.
- Relatives of victims and large street protests intensified pressure in recent weeks, including heckling at a state memorial on the disaster’s first anniversary.