Oscar Puente Dismisses Resigning because of the Railway Accident: 'My Priority Is to Take Measures to Prevent It From Happening Again'
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"The easy thing would be to leave, but it does not go with my character nor has the president asked me," says the minister of Transport during his appearance to explain the train crash that has left 69 dead Read
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Nieuws.nlMADRID (ANP) - Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente will not resign following the deadly train accident south of Madrid on Wednesday, he confirmed at a press conference. He is facing much criticism because it is the second major fatal train accident in a year. Hundreds of protesters demanded...
Oscar Puente, Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, assured this Friday that he will not resign despite the 115 deaths that add up to the railway accidents of Adamuz and Urda (Toledo), the latter already with 69 confirmed fatalities, according to official data. In statements from the ministerial headquarters, Puente has reiterated that "the indications point to that the failure is due to the control center of Adif" and states that his …
He claims that his way of taking responsibility is to face up
"I will not allow the demand for responsibilities to be confused with the need to find fault quickly," the Transport Minister hides, pointing to a failure of the Atocha control center as the cause of the Urda accident.
The minister assures that it is not the time to talk about its continuity, but to offer "clear explanations"
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