The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, has responded to the request of the Community of Madrid to call a meeting to address the problems in the region’s Cercanías network, but has stated that he will only meet with the Madrid president , Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
This was stated by the Minister of Housing, Transport and Infrastructure, Jorge Rodrigo, in a message on the social network ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), where he reminded him that “a minister does not meet with presidents.”
“The Minister of Transport has responded to my letter saying that he only meets with the president of the Community of Madrid. We understand that, as he has just come to office, he does not know what her relationship is with the autonomous communities,” he said.
Rodrigo has requested by letter on two occasions an urgent meeting with the minister after the continuous incidents and breakdowns in the Cercanías network in Madrid, which has generated a clash between administrations, including several Puente blockades of several Madrid officials in the social network after criticism of the Government’s management after several derailments in recent weeks.
The minister has also charged in ‘X’ against the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, reproaching her for the demolitions in San Fernando de Henares as a result of the works on the 7B Metro line, an attitude that the regional president has censored this Tuesday .
“He needs not to breathe and say that the trains are his and that he doesn’t let us enter them or something like that,” said Ayuso, who has urged the minister to sit down and talk “like adults” to find solutions.
