Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the PP, has launched a 'total offensive' against the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, following the railway accident in Adamuz (Córdoba). The PP is anxiously seeking 'the PSOE's Mazón', that is, a culprit within the Government to whom they can attribute political negligence, similar to the negligent management of the DANA carried out by the former president of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazón (PP), who is still a deputy in the Valencian Courts. Thus, the 'popular' party, according to 'ElConstitucional.es' consulted by the newspaper, is focusing its political strategy on the management of the accident that cost 45 lives, convinced that this tragedy will wear Sánchez down even more than the 'Koldo case'.
We demand Puente's resignation for lying about the renovation of the track where the Adamuz train accident occurred. The Sánchez government hid key information from the victims' families and has tried to deceive the entire country. pic.twitter.com/PUdC1SXB20In this context, the Secretary General of the People's Party, Miguel Tellado, has accused the Executive of "lying" and "hiding information" about the derailment of the Iryo train, despite the multiple public appearances made by the Minister of Transport in the days following the accident. Tellado has demanded the immediate resignation of Óscar Puente for his actions after the tragedy.
According to the popular leader's denunciation, the Government allegedly hid key data "that only Puente and his team had" about the state of the track. Tellado referred to information published this Sunday by the newspaper El Mundo, which assures that the section where the derailment occurred combined new materials with elements installed in 1989. In a press conference held at the national headquarters of the PP, Tellado stated: "Óscar Puente has spent the entire week repeating ad nauseam that the Madrid-Andalusia line had been completely renovated with an investment of 700 million euros. Today we know that Óscar Puente lied".
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In his opinion, "lying like this, to the faces of Spaniards, disqualifies Óscar Puente from continuing at the head of this ministry for one more minute." Furthermore, he has gone so far as to describe the minister as "fake news," considering that "he spoke of a complete renewal of the track when what 'El Mundo' reports today is a partial renewal."
From the leadership of the People's Party, they maintain that the President of the Government has "failed" the citizens after the Adamuz accident and are advancing a political offensive aimed at confronting what they consider "poor management" by the current Executive with that of the Governments of José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy. Party sources have indicated to Europa Press that during those mandates, no accidents of this gravity linked to the state of the railway network occurred.
"The Sánchez government has failed in what the PP is strongest at, which is management. We governed Spain for almost eight years with Rajoy and eight with Aznar, and the lights never went out—in reference to the blackout on April 28—nor were accidents caused by the tracks," the same sources have indicated