The Minister of the Presidency and interim President, Albert Dalmau, made his first appearance in the Parliament with Salvador Illa's seat empty, sidestepping the opposition's calls for resignations. He offered cooperation to the groups to move towards "the path of solutions" to resolve the Rodalies crisis, which was entering its third day of disrupted service.
Both Junts and Esquerra Republicana insisted on the need for more dismissals, going beyond the two high-ranking officials from Renfe and Adif who had already been removed. ERC spokesperson, Josep Maria Jové, urged Dalmau not to settle for the dismissal of "two people who had been in their positions for less than a year".
“"She should have resigned or been dismissed days ago."
The neo-convergent deputy, Mònica Sales, directly targeted the Minister of Territory, Sílvia Paneque, and demanded "profound changes" that involve the comprehensive transfer of Rodalies, not the current model where Renfe and Adif maintain a decisive role in management and infrastructure.
Dalmau defended the "painful decisions" taken by the Catalan Executive to preserve the mobility and safety of citizens, citing ongoing work on 30 critical points identified. He appealed to the responsibility of the Parliament to achieve a "country agreement" that turns the crisis into an "inflection point" to improve the service.
