One of the unexpected consequences of DANA in Valencia was the change in attitude that occurred Oscar Puente in terms of communication. The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility had been identified as one of the most incendiary of the networks, particularly in against journalists or anonymous users it made his attitudes, behaviors and decisions ugly. Even Pedro Sánchez had been questioned about this
Since the crisis broke out due to heavy flooding, Puente has devoted a good part of his daily life to communicating all the news, updating the figures or even comforting a victim or a loved one. His conversion was such that he himself He had to be careful not to have a new “community manager”. It was precisely by managing social networks himself that he made a mistake, intentional or not, which was ruined by countless X users.
The message in question from Puente was sent on Friday at 12:30 in the morning, while Carlos Mazón appeared in the Valencian Parliament to give his explanations. The minister reported not only the reconstruction of Valencia’s roads, but also the continuation of “work throughout Spain”.
“So we are mobilizing, €97 million to be guaranteed traffic and safety conditions on nearly 950 km of roads in Jaén, Málaga and Granada, in the community of Andalusia; Cantabria and Asturias“, he wrote in a message to which he attached three photos of workers repairing the asphalt of a road, placing new guardrails and installing new signs.
Photo shared by Óscar Puente and its date: April 18, 2023
It is in this last area that the message in which Puente was represented: in the photo of the sign at the exit of the MA-3203 towards Cajiz and the N-340 of Benajarafe and Almayate, in Malaga, He missed the date this photo was taken.. In the lower right corner you can see how the image was taken. April 18, 2023over a year and a half ago. When today’s DANA wasn’t even in anyone’s worst nightmares.
We continue the work in Valencia and we are dedicated to its recovery. But we continue to work throughout Spain.
The conservation of our roads is essential and constitutes one of our priorities.
We have therefore mobilized 97 million euros to guarantee traffic and safety conditions… pic.twitter.com/Jme42ysxDi-Oscar Puente (@oscar_puente_) November 15, 2024
Despite the more than 500 answers who received this position from Puente in just 24 hours, the vast majority of them dishonoring him for boasting about his management with a matter that has nothing to do with it, the ministerreplied or deleted the message. Yes, he shared messages and congratulations on his birthday (which was also this Friday) or answered questions from some users, like the one who asked him about the opening of the N-330.
He even showed a drawing of a supposed Valencian boy who wants to become a train driver and congratulated him. A message whose veracity, even if it allowed him to have “a wonderful birthday”has been described as a hoax by some of Puente’s followers.
