The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, has reiterated that the representatives of Sumar present this Wednesday at the meeting of the Council of Ministers did not at any time ask him to leave his post because of the Urda train accident, in which 69 people have died.
In Tuesday’s press conference at La Moncloa, Puente emphasized that "Neither inside nor outside has any Sumar colleague asked for my resignation", stressing that, instead of reproaches, he has received "many expressions of affection and fondness" which, he said, he appreciates.
The head of Transport was asked about this issue after the groups integrated in Sumar had called for him to step aside after last week’s accident, which also occurred a few months after another fatal accident in Adamuz (Córdoba), in which 46 people died.
In this same line, the candidate for the Presidency of the Government of the Frente Amplio, Ada Colau, —platform that brings together this political space— has called for the minister’s departure out of "humanity" and "empathy" with the victims.