Elections in Spain: Pedro Sánchez was not favored in the first round of television

(From Madrid) A Pedro Sánchez stuck by opponents of right but also by the leader of Podemos, who repeatedly asked for definitions that he refused to give. A married pablo who defended the inheritance Mariano Rajoy to distance himself from the corruption that cost the PP a motion of censure that excluded them from the government. A moderate Iglesias Pablo from the beginning and he was the first to announce that he would accompany the PSOE to form a government. Y an Albert Rivera who played hard from the start, surprising his opponents and seeking to occupy the center stage.

This is the synthesis of one Exciting debate, the first general election to be held next Sunday, made in this case at the headquarters of the RTVE, public television headed today by the journalist Rosa María Mateo, in a direction strongly criticized for the lack of balance on the part of the opposition parties.

The Spanish public television has 15 cameras on the ground and 20 lines of sound, in a technically flawless setting and where the teams of the candidates fought each subject, until the order of arrival in the studios and in the room in which each of them could use the previous preparation and its follow-up.

The question now is whether this helped define the vote of 25% of voters who have not yet defined their vote, according to polls known last week. Or if someone changed his vote by watching performance from one or the other candidate. The best and fastest was defined by veteran journalist Pedro J. Ramírez, former director of El Mundo and current director of the digital newspaper El Español: "It's Albert Rivera who won the debate but I think it will be VOX that will make Pedro Sánchez the president".

The funny thing is that Santiago Abascal was not in the debatebecause the electoral office decided that the participation of a party with no parliamentary representation did not correspond, a decision that surprised because, in similar situations, Podemos and Ciudadanos had no obstacle.

Rivera (40) rocked and hit hard, like a bulldozer. "This house does not belong to you, Mr. Sánchez", fired, criticizing the fact that the PSOE is rushing to nominate socialist militants in state-owned companies. Clearly, he went to challenge the central scene and was set in favor of a coalition with the PP to form a government, predicting that the citizens would be the leader and not the most popular.

Sánchez (47), who did not want the debate, was stunned at his first appearance and he did not know how to take advantage of being almost the host of the night. He thanked Podemos for supporting initiatives for social justice and finally mentioned Santiago Abascal and Vox, seeking to polarize with the right-wing party. He also sought to argue with Casado for a "truth detector" because "these are all lies".

Married (the youngest, with 38 years old), he began to make proposals, to try a role of president who could only generate towards the end, because at the beginning, he was a little vague. He proposed "the biggest tax revolution in history", promised that if he wins wins 700 euros of tax savings for each taxpayer and he badured that by cutting taxes and generating more growth, "it would be possible to create more jobs" .

Pablo Iglesias (41) has placed himself in the line of the greatest defense of the female gender by proposing to lower VAT on products of first need, which detailed to feminine hygiene products. He also criticized Sánchez for not having accepted the various proposals of Podemos to increase taxes on banks and to intervene in the housing market.

Iglesias questioned Sanchez three times, asking him whether an alliance with Ciudadanos would be proposed or not, but the president did not deny it. Casado and Rivera repeatedly questioned him, asking him if he was going to grant clemency to the separatist Catalan rulers tried by the Supreme Court, but Sánchez did not pronounce either in this regard. "It does not make sense to talk before justice is done," he said.

The split that divides Spain is centered on separatism. For the PP and the citizens, much more for Vox, there is a risk of fragmentation. For the PSOE and Podemos, unity must coexist with those who think differently: "Spain is great when it is recognized in diversity".

"Let's work together to unite Spain in diversity," said Sanchez. While Rivera replied that "Mr. Sánchez does not care, he came to power with the separatists and will come back with them if he needs them, because he only cares about his continuity in Moncloa. ". Married, for her part, stated that "Those who want to break Spain have Pedro Sánchez as a candidate". "He wants forgiveness in exchange for seats," Rivera retorted. But Sanchez insisted with his position: "The problem of Catalonia is coexistence, not independence, there will be no referendum or independence."

The debate among the four candidates was entertaining and focused on substantive issues, generating a lot of interest from the public, who exceeded by 9 million Spaniards and Spanish in front of the screen.

Perhaps the one who has best defined the future of Spain was Iglesias when he said that "one-party governments are over. We are going to the scenario of the coalition government. There are two possibilities, a left block or a right block "and he explained that" we are ready, despite the mistrust ", to share the government with the PSOE.

The final was the responsibility of Sanchez, who stated that "I thought Trump was not going to win, and he won. I thought Brexit was not going to happen, and it happened. I thought that the right would not come together in Andalusia and they united. "It was when he mentioned Abascal and Vox, the absentees of the night.Tomorrow, it will be the second round at Atresmedia, a private channel.And Sunday, vote.