| Tabernacle Ortega
Madrid 10 (EFE) Especially if the undecided have only endured the first part of the debate, plagued by mutual interruptions like a discussion between brothers-in-law.
And especially if they expected to hear clearly -because it has been difficult to listen to them- the proposals of their respective parties for this 23J.
Yes, two phrases have been clearly heard: that is not true or that is a lie.
After eight years without these electoral face-offs, this Monday’s will perhaps go down in history for being the roughest of democracy, in a confrontation in which the two candidates have constantly taken the floor in a “and you more” .
Hour and 40 minutes in which both have taken out the “daggers” kept up their sleeves to try to stick them into the opposite, such as 11M, the death of Miguel Ángel Blanco or, in the case of Feijóo, the list of insults he has received by the government ministers and by Sánchez.
calls to order
The moderators, the journalists Ana Pastor and Vicente Vallés, almost decided to throw in the towel in the face of the hand-to-hand fight between the two candidates.
A minimalist Atresmedia set served as the ring, with a 2.5-meter white table and two black chairs, facing each other.
The two corners of the ring from which Sánchez and Feijóo have jumped in each part in which the evening has been divided to try to put the other on the ropes.
And during a good part of the fight we thought we saw four opponents in the ring. The other two, absent but present, Vox and Bildu, have been the gloves with which they have tried to knock out the opponent. (Maybe, it has even favored them, who knows).
At 8:45 p.m. Feijóo arrived at Atresmedia, accompanied by his collaborators and loaded with papers. Fifteen minutes later Sánchez did it with his people. Both with suits of the same color, blue. Of course, the tie, as expected, was different, each in a nod to the corporate colors. Sánchez red, Feijóo blue. A wink also in the marker and the pen that they have used.
first assault
And the fight has not started very well. The first assault, with the economy as the central theme, has returned the two candidates to their respective corners of the ring after Sánchez, a little nervous, yelled trying to sell his government’s achievements and Feijóo did the same to refute the ” lies”, even armed with a graphic.
The opposition leader has arrived with his homework done. Has he bothered to count the 254,000 pages that he says the laws approved by the Sánchez government have, that is, 814 a day?
Feijóo has wanted to give a coup de effect: he has signed a document so that both seal the mutual commitment not to hinder the investiture of the other if he is the most voted on 23J. At the moment, there is only one signature.
For the rest, what was expected: the pacts with Vox and the pacts with Bildu, it did not matter if they talked about health, foreign policy or sexist violence.
golden minute
It has been necessary to reach the end of the face-to-face, the golden minute, to be able to hear several sentences in a row from the mouth of one without the other’s mouth opening.
For some, the debate will have been won by Sánchez, for others by Feijóo and for others, the verdict will be a tie. The question is: Have they managed to draw with the Spanish?
And good proof of this and the finishing touch to this chronicle must be given by what the journalist Maruja Torres has written on her Twitter account: “This is one of those nights when I would like to be able to smoke again and get a trumpet-type joint from meter and a half”.