Bridge over Adamuz: "From the first moment, it was clear that two trains had been involved in an accident."

MadridThe Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, appears before the Senate, at the request of the PP, to give explanations about the train accidents in Adamuz (Córdoba) and Gelida, as well as the chaos that this last accident has caused in the last week on the commuter rail network in CataloniaThe first thing Puente did during his address was to provide a chronology of events from the moment the Iryo derailment was reported, maintaining that the emergency services acted immediately and stating that "from the very beginning, it was known that two trains had been involved in accidents." He said this in reference to some news reports that, through witnesses, claimed that assistance was delayed for the Alvia train that crashed after the Iryo derailment. According to the minister, there has also been no lack of maintenance on the Andalusia line and in no case has there been any negligence in terms of investment. Regarding incidents, he said that there have been four on the section where the accident occurred since June, which he asserted were unrelated to the tracks and were resolved. He also stated that no "anomalies" have been detected on the trains that passed Iryo before the derailment, only, he said, some markings that he did not consider key to explaining the derailment. 45 people died, nine days after the train crashed into a retaining wall, killing a trainee driver on the R4 line.

HeThe opposition has targeted the minister And the PP, which holds an absolute majority in the Senate, has spearheaded the calls for his resignation, which have also been joined by ERC and Junts. However, the Minister of Transport defends the transparency of his management and the explanations he has given in recent days in the face of accusations that he lied about the causes of the Adamuz accident. Puente also has the support of Pedro Sánchez. The PP had also requested that the Spanish president appear before Parliament regarding the accidents, but he has refused to do so in the Senate and will instead appear in Congress on February 11. "If the President of Spain doesn't come to the Senate with 45 fatalities, when should he come? He is a cowardly president when it comes to the truth, cruel to the victims, and despotic toward Parliament," declared PP Senator Alícia Garcia. The date has also been criticized by the PP, who consider it "shameful" that the head of the national government is waiting "two more weeks to give explanations."

Meanwhile, the People's Party (PP) has announced it will launch a commission of inquiry in the Senate itself. The PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, announced this in an interview on Antena 3, where he stated that the Spanish government is "deceiving" citizens and "hiding" information from a ministry that "is ground zero for PSOE corruption," alluding to the Koldo-Ábalos-Cerdán cases. The commission, he said, will investigate "the safety and condition of the Spanish railway system, high-speed rail, commuter rail, and the Madrid commuter rail network."