Sánchez praises Puente in his first rally after the Urda tragedy: "An example of dignity that the opposition does not practice"

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, resumed this Friday the electoral pre-campaign for the general elections on November 29 with a look at the recent train accident in Urda (Toledo). At an event in Valencia, the PSOE candidate for the general elections also expressed his support for the victims and injured, he defended the management of his Government for having "shown his face with absolute transparency" and having "assumed political responsibility" with the resignation of the former Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, whom he defined as a "great politician."

In this sense, he has reproached PP and Vox for first criticizing that Puente did not resign, and later, after the resignation, for criticizing her as well. For this reason, Sánchez has praised "the example of dignity" that Óscar Puente is and that the opposition - in reference to the PP and Vox - "does not practice."

"Crises, tragedies, unfortunately happen in a nation, but the question is how a government responds to these tragedies, crises and pandemics," Sánchez said in his speech.

"If there is a lesson from this railway tragedy, it is that public services matter, it has taken us 15 years to reverse the cuts made by Mariano Rajoy when he became President of the Government," justified the current head of the Executive.

Minute of silence for the victims of Urda

The event in Valencia began with a minute of silence in memory of the 69 deceased after the collision of two high-speed trains last Wednesday, October 28 in Urda (Toledo).

Subsequently, an emotional musical performance took place, where the singer Ángela Cervantes and the guitarist Israel Sandoval performed the song If you are not here, by Rosana, dedicated to the victims.

5,000 attendees at the rally

Before the start of the rally, a spokesperson for the organization asked attendees to occupy their seats correctly because the maximum capacity of the sports center, of 2,500 people, has been overwhelmed: "Expectations have been exceeded" and "many people" have been left out.

Two hours before the event, a long line of hundreds of PSOE sympathizers and militants surrounded the venue to access the interior, many of them shouting "we want to enter." Outside, in one of the surrounding streets, the organization has installed a screen and a large number of chairs so that those who have not been able to access could follow the event.

PSPV sources estimate that around 5,000 people in total attended the rally, including those who were able to access the sports center and those who were not.