MADRID(Reuters) -Carlos Mazon, the leader of Spain’s eastern Valencia region, said on Monday he was stepping down over his administration’s handling of catastrophic floods that swept over the region a year ago.

Mazon has faced daily calls for his resignation, including from victims’ relatives, since the torrential downpour on October 29, 2024 killed 229 people and caused billions of euros in damages, mainly in suburbs south of Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city.

“I can’t go on anymore,” Mazon told reporters after a speech in which he fiercely criticised the national government’s response to the crisis.

He did not say if he was calling a snap election, nor clarify whether he was also quitting his seat in the regional assembly – which would end his parliamentary immunity – nor who his i

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