A message for Mr. Santano

Dear Secretary of State:

There is nothing personal in what you will hear these days, but understand that everyone knows that the fact that they made him come to live in Barcelona It won't solve much, if anything at all. His transfer is a showy concession that Minister Puente had to make if he didn't want to completely ruin the government, also socialist (and there aren't many left in Spain, and the few that remain clash with Pedro Sánchez), of the Generalitat. To make matters worse, Isla's presidency was the hope for "reconciliation," but Renfe and Adif are only demonstrating a high degree of efficiency in reminding 400,000 Catalans and their families and businesses every day why they wanted independence. We also know that Renfe, Adif, and the train drivers' unions are a state within a state that escapes the control of the Generalitat and perhaps even yours, if you were to gain significant power.

We have extensive experience in the sector. You are not the first Secretary of Transport to be temporarily transferred to the northeast region, nor will you be the last. More than twenty years ago, I met with Mr. [name missing] at the Spanish government delegation in Barcelona. Benigno Blanco, from the PP, and later with Mr. Víctor Morlán, from the PSOE, because in matters of AVE and Cercanías (high-speed rail and commuter rail).It's all the same.Everyone knows the problem is decades of disinvestment and poor execution, because they've spent everything on the AVE high-speed rail. And it's a disgrace that in a supposedly decentralized state they have to send a high-ranking state official to the provinces to calm things down.

Since they've made you come, we'll expect you at 7 a.m. every day at Sants station. Ask for Carmona, Antonio Carmona. You'll recognize him right away, because he's the one who speaks for you. He's the Renfe spokesperson, who gives information about buses.