Puente dismisses Ángel Contreras from the presidency of Adif after the audit of the “Koldo case” and the collapse of the railway

Contreras was promoted to president of Adif by Puente himself in early December 2023 to replace María Luisa Domínguez in that position. Until then busy the General Directorate of Conservation and Maintenance of the public company and was one of those responsible for the works of the high-speed line to Madrid.

During these months at the head of the public commercial entity, Contreras participated in the survey on Koldo caseIn fact, the former president of Adif had to appear in early June before the commission of inquiry organized by the Senate, after a photo of him in La Chalana with Ábalos and Koldo appeared in the summary of the case.

In this one, denied any type of “rigging” in the award of public contracts and limited his relations with former ministerial adviser Koldo García to a “social” level after he left the ministry. Likewise, he acknowledged having met with former minister José Luis Ábalos after he left Development.

On the other hand, Contreras also had to face this year, as president of Adif, the numerous problems recorded in recent months in the railway infrastructure for Chamartín’s works. Breakdowns that caused significant delays and images of collapse at Madrid station.

Restructuring

Contreras’ dismissal is also part of the process of remodeling the management of the Adif that the Minister of Transport plans to carry out. In fact, a few days ago Susana Sanjuán has left the communications department from the railway director to join Kutxbank.

In fact, sources close to the ministry have indicated to this newspaper that with this move, Oscar Puente wants to put him back at the head of the management of the railway infrastructure. to a person with a more political profileunlike Contreras’ more technical character.