The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has considered that "today politics is a little better in Spain" after the resignation of Óscar Puente as Minister of Transport, a decision that, in his opinion, responds to "simply electoral" reasons and not to a gesture of political responsibility.
In an interview on Telecinco, Almeida maintained that "Óscar Puente's departure from politics improves us all in the field of politics and in the field of institutions," and stressed that the now resigned "should never have been Minister of Transport." In addition, he assured that this decision "does not honor him, but dishonors him," understanding that he should have left office after the railway tragedy in Adamuz (Córdoba).
The debate on budgets and infrastructure management
Almeida also focused on Óscar Puente's appearance yesterday, in which, he stated, the former minister said "a truth" by acknowledging that, if there are no budgets, one cannot invest or adapt to the reality of each moment, so the lack of public accounts has direct consequences.
"Óscar Puente told Spaniards yesterday not to vote for Pedro Sánchez on November 29, not to let him continue lying to you, not to let him continue approving or governing without budgets," said the mayor, who admitted that recovering the infrastructure situation will be "hard work" and "laborious," although he insisted that "it is essential" to do so.
Almeida vindicates Alberto Núñez Feijóo as a management reference
In this context, the Madrid mayor defended that whoever leads this task "will have to be someone who knows how to do it," and cited as an example the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, of whom he said that, during his years as president of the Xunta de Galicia, he has shown that he is capable of managing, approving budgets, knowing how to do things, and providing solutions to problems.
Almeida also urged not to deceive Spaniards or "treat them with a manual," in an indirect allusion to Pedro Sánchez, and reiterated that "those who know" should be allowed to act.
