Scar Puente told Alvise Prez press officer Vito Quiles: “I gotta explain something to you, you bastard.”

New controversy for minister Scar Bridge In social networks. On this occasion, the head of the government’s transport and sustainable mobility department Pedro Sanchez He called the reporter a “piece of shit” Vito Qualls, Press Officer Alvis Prez, Responding to an article in X Magazine in which Qualls accused the minister of using his official car to attend a Taylor Swift concert in Bernabéu Santiago.

Qualls, who is also often associated with controversy in and outside of Congress, uploaded two photos to X that showed a parked car with the following text: “Ska Puente accused me of lying both in X and in the Senate because I said he parked his official car in the wrong place to go to a concert. Well; here is a picture of his car at an event, and it is also the picture I posted on Bernabéu. Same license plate. Minister, who is lying? “Checkmate”, Qualls pointed out.

The head of the Ministry of Transport immediately responded on the same social network: “I will explain it to you again, Dog poop bag That’s not my car. It’s neither official nor personal. I’ll give you more. You are broadcasting the license plate of a police car. “I will personally make sure you pay dearly.”

For his part, members of the Se Acab la Fiesta party (which just won three deputies in the European elections on June 9) condemned Puente’s remarks: “A minister in the Spanish government made a serious threat to me. and called me a “bag of shit”. The season has begun. ” He also asked for protection from the FAPE journalists association after receiving “very serious threats” from the Socialist minister. “From this moment on, I hold Oscar Puente and the national government responsible for any attacks he may suffer.”, he wrote in a new tweet.

“I ask the authorities to guarantee press freedom and the safety of all citizens as guarantees enshrined in the Constitution,” he concluded.

Puente’s final comments were: Very patriotic, shouting “Long live the police” and “Long live the citizens”, but who He showed little or no concern for the safety of the officers inside the vehicle. Risking their lives to defend their country’s democratic government.

Russ reaction The message was soon followed by the opposition, which accused Puente of threatening a journalist, demanding that he resign from the administration and support the journalist’s work.

“Degenerate: Today a Spanish minister threatened a journalist by calling him a “piece of shit”. If Sánchez does not suddenly stop him and his colleagues do not condemn the attack, they will support Puente. I express my support to the professionals who are suffering from these attacks by the government”, wrote a spokesman for the People’s Group of Congress in a message. Miguel Tellado.

The PP spokesperson also expressed the same view. Borja Sumper, He thought it was “problematic” for the minister to be involved in the “tweet controversy”. “But what is really serious is to see him insulting, throwing mud and degrading his high position. “We deserve something else” Emphasize the same social network.

Deputy Minister of Mobilization and Digital Challenges of the People’s Party, Noelia Nez, He called Puente’s message “intolerable” and pledged to use his form “is sludge and a degradation of institutional policy.”

Similarly, the BJP’s Deputy State Minister for Health and Education, Esther Muz, Questioning the “rank” of the minister, ensuring “In any civilized country, this would mean an abrupt stop.” “Here the mud president is patting him on the back. We need a serious government ASAP,” he posted.

Similarly, the Deputy Minister of Economy of the People’s Party also mentioned these words, Juan Bravo, who criticised the minister for “insulting and threatening” journalists. “But remember That dirt and mud is what’s left of us. “No one will resign and no one will be fired because it means there is a minimum of dignity even in this government,” he challenged.