The spokesperson for Esquerra Republicana (ERC) in Congress and head of the list for the elections on November 29, Gabriel Rufián, stated this Wednesday that the resignation of the now former Minister of Transport Óscar Puente, one week after the Urda (Toledo) accident, is a "distraction", because, in his opinion, the important thing now is to provide answers to the problem of "insecurity" and "inefficiency" of the railway system.
Rufián responded thus to questions from the press about whether he considers Puente's departure sufficient, after he approached him in Congress on Tuesday to say goodbye and acknowledge him as "a great minister", a gesture that was captured by television cameras.
"Politics must be humanized", says the ERC spokesperson
The republican leader began by defending that politics "must be humanized" and stressed that he doesn't care what was written about that gesture towards the minister, because, as he admitted, the calculations of being or not being in campaign are "so-so" for him.
However, Rufián welcomed that Óscar Puente has assumed responsibilities "that were logical", but insisted that "the key is the precariousness, insecurity, and inefficiency of the railway system, specifically high-speed and commuter trains".
At that point, he stressed that the focus should be on whether users travel with guarantees, and was emphatic in stating: "I believe Puente was a distraction because the important thing here is to know whether people are safe or not on an AVE or whether people are on a shitty train or not every morning, and the answer is no and yes: they are not safe and they are on absolutely lamentable trains".
Statements at the presentation of the letter from Guillem Agulló's family
Gabriel Rufián's statements were made within the framework of the press conference held in Madrid by the family of Guillem Agulló, the young Valencian murdered in 1993 by a neo-Nazi group, to make public the letter they delivered to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
