The Castelar train crash has already prompted political reactions. Head of the MILES party and deep supporter of the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration Luis D’Elía wondered “why a train that was heading to the repair workshop collided against another one at times when (Interior and Transport Minister) Florencio Randazzo is said to be a (ruling) Victory Front party candidate” in October’s legislative elections.
D’Elía’s message in Twitter led the Sarmiento trade unionist Rubén Sobrero to blast his suspicion. “We still don’t know what happened. It has been a brake failure or a signposting problem,” Sobrero told media and confirmed that the train hitting another one from behind “has been out of service for six months.”
Meanwhile, Proyecto Sur lawmaker Fernando “Pino” Solanas who has a history of denouncing the critical state of Argentina’s train service accused D’Elía of “provoking statements” and said he was also “responsible” for today’s crash.
Solanas considered “those who have blindly supported this system of corruption and a government who has been in charge of key (public) services such as transport” responsible for the Castelar accident that has left so far 3 people dead and around 150 people injured. “Same black box of subsidies continues to exist,” the opposition MP insisted.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald