Abascal uses the Toledo tragedy as an electoral weapon for 29N and calls the Government "a criminal organization"

The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has once again used the Urda (Toledo) railway accident to attack the Government and turn the tragedy into one of the main arguments of his pre-campaign speech for the general elections on November 29. In his latest intervention, the leader has questioned the Executive's explanations about the accident and has accused the Government of being a "criminal organization".

Through a message published on X, Abascal has reacted to the statements of the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, about the possibility of temporarily closing the high-speed line between Madrid and Barcelona to carry out renovation works. "Why does the government plan to close the Madrid-Barcelona AVE if they say the Toledo accident is due to human error? Because they lie. Because they are responsible. Because this government is a criminal organization," he wrote.

In this way, the leader of Vox has linked a possible decision on the railway works with the responsibilities of the Urda accident, despite the fact that the investigation into the causes of the incident remains open. Furthermore, Puente has clarified that he never used the expression "human error" to explain what happened.

Abascal maintains his rallies while other parties suspend their agendas

Since the accident occurred, Abascal has not canceled his pre-campaign agenda. On October 28, while the Government, the PP, and other parties suspended their public events out of respect for the victims, the president of Vox decided to maintain his commitments in Santander and Valladolid.

In his statements that day, he defended that his party had the duty to continue with its denunciations and assured that "some want to take advantage of the mourning to gag us". He also took advantage of his interventions to hold the Executive responsible for the infrastructure situation and attack the Minister of Transport for his previous comments about Renfe. The leader again brought the accident to the center of his speech on Thursday, October 29, during a rally in Ávila. Abascal began the event with the military anthem 'La muerte no es el final' (Death is not the end), in homage to the deceased, but dedicated a good part of his intervention to criticizing Pedro Sánchez and Óscar Puente, whom he described as a "sinister couple."

During the rally, he demanded the resignation of the President of the Government and the Minister of Transport and rejected that the accident could be explained by human or technical error. "They are the human error," he stated. He also assured that Vox would not remain silent and that they would "give their all" to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again.

Abascal uses the AVE works to again point fingers at the Government

Abascal's latest publication on X again places the railway accident at the center of his political confrontation with the Executive. On this occasion, he has taken advantage of Puente's statements about the planned works on the Madrid-Barcelona line to accuse the Government of lying about the causes of the incident.

The minister explained that the possible temporary closure of this line is being studied as an alternative to accelerate the track remodeling works. As he detailed, in countries like Germany, service is interrupted while the works are carried out, while in Spain, circulation is usually maintained and works are performed during off-peak hours or through specific cuts. However, Abascal has presented this possibility as proof that the Executive is not telling the truth about the Toledo accident. His statements come as investigations continue to clarify what happened and determine possible responsibilities.

Thus, the leader of Vox has maintained the railway tragedy as one of the main axes of his electoral discourse one month before the general elections on November 29, with new attacks on the Government and demands for resignation directed at Sánchez and Puente.