Transport Minister Puente resigned after the high-speed train accident in Spain

Minister Puente announced his resignation in his speech to the parliament regarding the train accident.

Explaining the reason for his resignation as "political honor, consistency and empathy with the victims", Puente said that this decision was "taken in order to comply with the standards of those who gave everything to serve the vision of a more just and egalitarian country and society, determined by his party and his predecessors."

Stating that a transportation minister "cannot continue his duty when two accidents of this magnitude have occurred in less than a year," Puente announced that he withdrew his candidacy in the early general elections on November 29.

Puente was the Socialist Workers Party's top candidate from Valladolid.

58-year-old Puente, who was mayor of the city of Valladolid between 2015 and 2023, had been serving as Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility since 2023.