🔶 The resignation of Spain's transport minister after the fatal train accident.
Spain's transport minister has submitted his resignation following the fatal train accident in that country.
Oscar Fuente announced at a press conference after participating in a parliamentary committee discussion in Madrid that he will not only step down from his position as a "minister", but also "will not run for the upcoming parliamentary elections on November 29".
Fuente said that the Minister of Transport in a country like Spain, "even after the occurrence of two incidents of such catastrophic proportions in less than a year", he cannot remain in his position. He emphasized that he made this decision due to "maintaining political respect, adherence to responsibility and sympathy for the victims".
On Thursday, October 29, the Spanish government announced three days of public mourning following a fatal accident involving two high-speed trains in that country that left "68 dead and dozens injured." Officials believe that "human error" at the control center in Madrid is the cause of the accident.
Before the incident in the province of Toledo, in January, there was another serious accident in the Andalusian railway network, during which 46 people were killed.
Several opposition parties demanded the minister's resignation immediately after the latest accident.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez agreed to Fuente's request to resign on Wednesday, November 4.