The PP spokesperson in Congress, Ester Muñoz, has lashed out against the Government for, in her view, placing on a worker the responsibility for the circulation and safety of the train line affected by the Urda (Toledo) accident, in which at least 69 people have died after the collision of two convoys.
In her view, it does "not reassure" the public that the Executive maintains that this has been a "human problem". "They are telling Spaniards that the trains that normally run on Spanish tracks, which they take daily to go to their workplaces or to get closer to see their relatives, depend on a single person in the middle of the 21st century," she denounced on 'Antena 3', in statements collected by Europa Press.
The popular leader has described as "difficult to explain" that "in less than nine months" two fatal accidents have been recorded on the same high-speed line that connects Madrid with Andalusia, "one because of the track" —alluding to the one in Adamuz— and "another because of system failures", the one in Urda. "People are in shock," she noted.
"Placing friends" and Government management
Muñoz has lamented that what was the "jewel in the crown", alluding to Spanish high speed, "is suffering a reputational blow" and has lashed out against the Government's management in railway matters. "In the end, years of political sectarianism and of placing friends instead of expert people in technical positions have consequences," she stated.
From the PP they have also censured that the absence of new General State Budgets "influences" because, as she has indicated, there is a "millionaire deficit in investments in railway networks" accumulated in recent years that, in her opinion, has not been corrected.
Finally, Muñoz has advanced that, if the PP reaches the Government, "it will be known what the state of the infrastructures of our country is" and "all the truth" about the railway management of recent years will be revealed. Likewise, she has assured that an Executive chaired by Alberto Núñez Feijóo will have "technicians at the helm who really know what they are doing".