The train accident has left, according to a provisional balance, at least 10 dead, and the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has taken advantage of an interview granted to Espejo Público, collected by Europa Press, to send "a hug" to the relatives of the people who were traveling on the convoys and also to Spaniards "concerned" about having to travel by train.
Abascal has placed the accident within the framework of what he considers a situation of "degradation of infrastructure and institutions" in Spain, which he has described as "frankly unbearable," and has recalled that this new accident occurs months after the one registered in Adamuz (Córdoba) in January, an event that left 46 dead, when it is still unknown "exactly" what caused it.
Criticism of public management and track maintenance
The leader of Vox has stated that the information that was known about that previous accident pointed to "many deficiencies" related to public management, with the lack of track renovation and, in his opinion, with irregular practices in certain contracts.
"The information pointed precisely to many deficiencies that had to do with public management, with the lack of track renovation, even with the fact that a part of the contracts was used for kickbacks or for escort ladies," Abascal said, alluding to the former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos, currently in prison for corruption offenses.
Along the same lines, the Vox leader has insisted that his party has been denouncing for some time that "the money for track maintenance was being spent on those dirty things," and has linked that criticism to the new train accident, which he has described as another example of the deterioration of infrastructure.
Vox will maintain its pre-campaign in Santander and Valladolid
Despite the accident, Santiago Abascal has confirmed that he will continue with his pre-campaign agenda, which will take him this day to Santander (Cantabria) and Valladolid, with events in which, as he explained, he intends precisely to "denounce the degradation of infrastructure."
In addition, he has suggested to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, that they "suspend their little dances and their jokes about Renfe, which are an insult."
Abascal and Vox did not suspend their agenda after the Adamuz accident, which coincided with the campaign for the Aragon elections, and the leader of the party then maintained that the other political forces "wanted to use mourning to silence" the denunciations and criticisms about infrastructure, while guaranteeing that his party would not participate in that dynamic. On this occasion, Vox will repeat the same scheme.
