Colau calls for Puente's resignation and reproaches him for generating "uncertainty" by proposing the cutting of the Barcelona - Madrid AVE

The Frente Amplio candidate, Ada Colau, has called for the resignation of the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, after the train accident in Urda (Toledo). An accident in which 69 people have died and that occurs only nine months after the one that occurred in Adamuz, in Córdoba, in which 46 died. "When two very serious accidents have occurred in less than a year, I think that assuming political responsibilities is good to regain confidence."

In this sense, he assured that "it has nothing to do with guilt, but with political responsibility", since "it is healthy in a democracy to assume political responsibilities." Precisely this Tuesday, the minister is scheduled to appear at around 5 p.m. before the Permanent Deputation of Congress to give explanations about what happened. Colau has also insisted in an interview this Tuesday on Onda Cero on the need to "reunify Renfe and Adif into a large cohesive public organization" once the elections are over.

"As for whether there can be political positions instead of technical positions, it seems good to me to analyze it and review it if necessary. That is why the first thing that should be done is an audit of the entire system to have an exact x-ray," added the leader of Frente Amplio.

In his opinion, it is "fundamental" to promote "a State pact between the different political formations that proposes the revision of a model that is bursting at the seams" given the seriousness of both accidents. Furthermore, he recalled that "the train drivers had been warning for more than two years that there were risk sections." "We are seeing that there are clear problems with the lack of investment, which is not just a problem of this government, but also comes from previous governments."

However, the Frente Amplio candidate has disgraced the fact that Puente opened the door to completely cutting the high-speed line between Barcelona and Madrid for one or two years to carry out infrastructure renovations. In fact, he has reproached him for "generating uncertainty in the midst of confusion and pain" and has accused him of being "not very prudent." In this sense, he has assured that if it had been necessary for some technical reason, the line would have been cut "immediately." For this reason, he has asked to see if it is really necessary or to apply alternatives.