The videpresidenta with Morenés minister. / The Country-LIVE! / Alejandro Ruesga
The Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, has taken the lead in managing the crisis Ebola. Five days after it became public the spread of nursing assistant Teresa Romero as the Health Minister Ana Mato, has just given explanations despite the obvious chain of errors, the government has taken a step forward but Saenz de Santamaria has refused three times to admit that there has been no error, either in the decision to bring Spain to both Ebola patients, who has championed. At this time the error analysis is not the priority of the government, he explained, but to manage the crisis and try to save the patient. In addition, the Government has decided to create now a scientific committee of experts in the virus.
The Health Moncloa and insist that this is not a repudiation of Mato, which is the only minister present at the committee -the rest are Secretaries of State but a “booster”, but the truth is that the main crisis management, especially from the point of view of communication and policy, Health goes to La Moncloa. The Socialist Party had called for the creation of this committee, chaired by Rajoy. The president has left power to his vice president in the same way as in 2002 José María Aznar left him when he was vice president, management of the Prestige crisis. On Wednesday, Rajoy took center stage after missing the first few days and that traveled to Mato. Today this has been repeated to him go to the hospital without the minister Carlos III. Mato has not appeared before the press on Monday, and neither has the press conference after the Council of Ministers, although they will do this afternoon after meeting with the directors of Health of all autonomy.
Sáenz de Santamaría chair the cabinet crisis which will include representatives of the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Chair, Economics, Justice and the Office of the President. In addition, he will join a representative from the Ministry of Health in Madrid, President of the Scientific Committee Ebola same today created and a hospital representative Carlos III. This committee shall have at least a daily meeting and its members have dedicated.
The vice president refused to admit any error, although all their talk seemed an implicit disavowal of the work done so far, especially scarcity of information. Santamaria has recognized from the outset the work of the infected nurse, which is called by his first name, Teresa, and has sent a message of support to the entire medical community. The indignation of doctors and nurses in the management of the crisis concerned the executive and wanted to cut that leak. Santamaria has thus implicitly attacks unauthorized Minister of Health of Madrid to the nurse.
Santamaría not wanted in no time talking about political responsibilities. Given the explicit question of why not admit mistakes and if they will take responsibility, the vice president said grimly: “We are talking about human lives Whether to take responsibility will be done Given the magnitude of two lost lives and a third.. at risk is more important than the political position of those who are managing this crisis. now we cherish Teresa Romero. Politicians are the least important positions, including mine. “
” We will have a secretary who It will support us all, and me as vice president, “he added Santamaría. “This is a flexible board and can summon more people, more experts,” he added. This fee is also used to give an accurate information on the evolution of the virus that is solid and proven. “We believe it is the best time to create this committee because our task and the autonomous communities is to work in the most coordinated manner possible,” said Santamaria.
The vice president, explained that this cabinet will establish protocols transparency to inform citizens and recalled that an open investigation that is expected to be much conclusive data before. “The priority is to reinforce the information given to the public, because it is a poorly known and our duty is to communicate how Ebola is spread and how not,” added the vice president.
Over the accountability of the Government and the Ministry of Health, Santamaria said that “now is not the time because the priority is Teresa’s life.” “I think the scale of human lives is more important than the political position of those who are managing this crisis,” the vice president sentence.
The PSOE on Thursday formally asked the Executive to create a crisis committee for Ebola, chaired by the chief executive, Mariano Rajoy to report daily developments in the case of Ebola infection and measures to avoid contagion. The decree regulates the functions of the National Security Council allowed to, reported. The PSOE formed suggested that the President, the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Ministers of Health, Interior, Economy, Defense and Public Administration. This body should coordinate all actions of all government, and provide daily information, while the crisis continues, asked this political formation.
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