
The leader of the PP demands political responsibilities and promises a competent Minister of Transport if he reaches La Moncloa
The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, demanded this Monday "national reconstruction" to close the stage of Pedro Sánchez's Government, whom he accuses of prioritizing power and evading political responsibilities after the Urda train accident with 69 deaths.
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The National Executive Committee of the PP has met in Madrid after the train accident in Urda (Toledo) that has left dozens of fatalities.
Despite the mourning for the victims of Urda (Toledo). Despite the national holiday. No time to waste. The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has called for "national reconstruction" to close the stage of Pedro Sánchez's Government, which "manages with power as the only goal." To this end, the popular leader has claimed, once again, seriousness in the face of the politics of spectacle; management, rigor and experience in the face of the absence of assumption of "political responsibility in the face of two continuous accidents after failing everything that could be done."
"What is power for?" the Galician leader asked his co-religionists in the National Executive Committee of the PP. The meeting, preceded by a minute of silence in honor of the victims of the train accident, was held this Monday at its headquarters on Génova Street in Madrid and was attended by some regional barons, mayors, national parliamentarians and the party leadership.
Before the popular ones, Feijóo has criticized that, for the Executive, power "has been an end in itself." Proof of this, he noted, is that the Government is "conducting surveys to see if they are harmed" by the train accident this Wednesday, which has claimed 69 lives, when "the bodies of the victims have not yet been delivered to their families."
An "infamous", "cruel" and "ruinous" attitude, has been assessed by the Ourense leader, for whom "it is no longer that it is evident that they are not good managers" but rather that he questions "that they are good people."
"While the rescue teams were on the ground - and are still - searching for life, the Government was looking for how to get rid of responsibility and who to assign that responsibility to," he explained. Along these lines, Feijóo has disapproved of the fact that the Executive "takes hours to find a culprit, as if the entire railway system were reduced to one worker." In short: "As if political responsibility did not exist in the face of two continuous accidents with more than 115 deaths on the same line after failing everything that could fail," he concluded.
Faced with this scenario: "Seriousness" and "management." It is the great axis on which the PP campaign will pivot in the face of the general elections on 29-N. The popular leader has reiterated up to a dozen times that this is what he knows and what he will contribute to the country if he governs. "Spain does not need an influencer, it needs someone who knows how to govern, and I say with humility: I do know how to do it."
"If it were up to me, the one who would show his face in the permanent deputation," he noted - in reference to the appearance of the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, the day after tomorrow - "would be the President of the Government because the minister would have already resigned." And he has gone further: "I would never have been appointed to such a great responsibility."
Along these lines, this Monday morning, Feijóo has promised to appoint a Minister of Transport with "traceability" and "competence in the matter" if he reaches La Moncloa. As he expressed, "the important thing is that the Spanish have all the information in detail and until the end."
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Appearance of the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, at the permanent deputation.
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