The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced this Friday that the regional Government has ordered the closure of the Sol station of the Madrid Metro during the day to undertake urgent cleaning and security work, a decision adopted, as she explained, due to the situation generated in the Puerta del Sol by the encampment in favor of housing.
The Madrid leader has stated that a situation of "law of the jungle" is being imposed around kilometer zero and has placed the political responsibility for what happens in the center of the capital on the Government of Spain.
Ayuso has reproached the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, that his decision seeks "to have the city burst, stuck, uncomfortable because he cannot stand that we are doing well and because he wants to show the Spain that awaits us."
Unhealthiness in accesses and ventilation shafts
Ayuso has indicated that the closure responds to a request made by occupational risk prevention and by the unions, warning that inside the station there are currently unhealthy conditions. This Thursday, the regional Executive had already warned of the "accumulation of urine, excrement and other organic waste in the shafts and ventilation accesses" caused by the people camped outside.
The president has insisted that the situation affects not only the subway, but also daily life in the center of Madrid, arguing that people cannot "go shopping and to restaurants" and that "all the surrounding streets and all businesses are empty" due to the atmosphere.
Complaints about damage, fights and mobility problems
In the same intervention, Isabel Díaz Ayuso has said that fights, vandalism and disturbances to daily activity are being registered in the area, and has cited damage to the statue of the bear and the strawberry tree and to the equestrian statue of Carlos III. She has also stated that the "whole smell" that is being generated "is already starting to contaminate the subway exits, the ventilation grilles of the subway itself."
In addition, she has pointed out that there is difficulty for ambulances to pass and that, within the framework of what she has described as "the law of the jungle," journalists are being attacked.
"No one knows what is being suffered in the center of Madrid," the president declared, before adding that the presence of the encampment is generating fear among those who go shopping or to the restaurants in the area.
The letter from Minister Jorge Rodrigo to the Government Delegate
The Community of Madrid had already expressed its concern this Thursday about the "serious health conditions" detected at Sol station. The Minister of Housing, Transport and Infrastructure, Jorge Rodrigo, sent a new letter to the Government Delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martín, in which he attached a technical environmental report issued this Wednesday by Laboratorios Himalaya.
In that letter, Rodrigo warned of the health risks derived from the accumulation of urine in a closed enclosure and noted that the combination of natural evaporation, bacterial decomposition and lack of ventilation generates a mixture of gases, vapors and organic and inorganic aerosols. The minister added that the main process is due to ureal fermentation, in which environmental bacteria (producers of the urease enzyme) rapidly decompose urea from urine.
The minister added that the report includes recommendations for personnel in charge of cleaning and disinfection tasks so that their safety is not endangered, and stated that "It must be taken into account that we are dealing with highly toxic and pneumotoxic gases," in the letter addressed to the Government delegate.
in an interview on esRadio, that "the invasion of Spain through Ceuta" is being promoted and that the Government of Pedro Sánchez "completely lowers its pants," in a scenario that, in his opinion, reflects Spain's "absolute level of isolation" internationally.
Criticism of the President of the Government and the PSOE
The president of the Community of Madrid states that "the invasion of Spain through Ceuta" is being promoted and that the Government of Pedro Sánchez "completely lowers its pants," in a scenario that, in her opinion, reflects Spain's "absolute level of isolation" internationally.
The Madrid leader has pointed out that what the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has always intended is "to test Spain to see our level of isolation, which is absolute," and has focused on something she has described as "more profound and historical of the PSOE with Morocco."
Isabel Díaz Ayuso has added that "there are many socialists with personal interests" and has maintained that "all the most important leaders of the PSOE, past, present and future, have economic and personal interests in Morocco," before defending that it is enough to "connect the dots" to understand that this story has a "sordid background."