lula
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The final decision is up to the government, they decide who accompanies the King. Curiously, the Sánchez Government is the most informal government in democracy when it comes to accompanying the King, and on more than one occasion the ministers have delegated to Secretaries of State, which has raised much criticism.The only mistake might have been to go together with Sanchez in the first place but not sure who has the final word on such planning.
The King and Sanchez had a meeting on Friday, it seems that the decision was that as they had done after La Palma volcano they should go together and with the President of the Community to give an image of unity of the State. Probably the politicians, especially the Government, did not calculate the animosity that could exist. Sánchez had already visited Valencia, but only the emergency office, far from the crowd, and even then he was booed at the entrance.
After Sánchez's bad image, his entourage tried to blame the Royal House for insisting on going and said that the day before they had wanted to cancel it... but it is clear that the Royal House could not back out when they had already announced it. The King cannot be replaced but any minister could have accompanied the King and things would have been calmer.