Cross attacks, no clear winner and one ad

08.05.2024 – 02:00

Updated: 08.05.2024 – 07:58

TV3 presented it as the “decisive debate”. It’s the umpteenth thing candidates do, but it’s the closest an election comes with a large number of undecideds. Perhaps because they are already engaged in the exchange of accusations and suggestions, and have already taken their measures, the debate involves moments of debate and the inevitable monologues, as everyone injects the message prepared in the campaign kitchens. There is no clear winner and there is not much news, just some explanatory positions and one announcement: it Salvador Ella who says that if he becomes abbot, he will appoint the abbess of Santa Coloma di Gramente, Nuria ParlonMinister of the Interior and Major of the Mossos de Escodra Josep Luis Trapero Director General of Police. ERC filter, Peter AragonesHe is competing there to highlight his continuity as president and his main competitor. Carles PuigdemontIt is not possible to participate from the Northern Catalonia region, which is number three of the nomination. Joseph RollWhich is up for discussion. Together the ERC avoids difficult confrontation, but not blame.

The most anticipated block, the Convention Block, does not arrive until the end, perhaps when many of the early morning viewers have already gone to sleep. But no one leaves the familiar discourses, and the unanswered questions remain as they were. CUP calls on the ERC, Junts and Commons to restore their national and social agenda and strengthen the process, and regrets that they only want to agree with the PSOE. “They make it difficult for us,” he says. Laia Estrada, who says “with pain” to Aragones that he established the classic “social” policies. “I rejected all the budgets of the legislature,” Aragones replied. The ERC candidate insists that his conditions for approval are referendum, financing and language, and that they will not accept positively or negatively any agreement with Alianca Catalana, having said they want to give Puigdemont a chance. Rol takes it and confirms that they will not make a positive or negative agreement with the Orioles either, because they give priority to the defense of human rights, insist on the idea of a duel between PSC and Junts, and warn of a similar agreement to Barcelona for Illa to become president.

at this point, Alejandro Fernandez It presents the People’s Party as a party with a call to government and conditions its votes on the end of the process and tax cuts, among other measures. Albiach declares that it is ready to agree with the CUP, PSC and ERC, and agrees with Convergència. “An alliance with the Junts is in no way possible because it is right-wing,” he says. PSC and Junts call them the “Asphalt Alliance.” “Mr. Puigdemont will leave politics before I become president,” continues Ella, who considers it very important for Junts to distinguish himself from Sylvia OriolesWhich he sees as an “original” version of the far right. “I never expressed myself with Vox, I just did it,” Rule told him.

first round

The debate begins with a round of questions that the candidates ask each other, where the question is more important than the answer, and which test each wants to face. Ella asks Aragones if Juntes is stability, Aragones returns to questioning the credibility he has to govern given the failure of Rodalia, and Rolle asks Fernández if he will apologize for the repression and dirty war of the PP, with the negativity of the Socialists. Ignacio Garriga shows Rolle an “anti-rape” spray and links immigration to crime. Estrada Number Three asks the Junts what they would do to Hard Rock if they rule and surprises Roll by framing it in “family tourism” and suggests self-sufficiency in energy and water consumption through a desalination plant. Albiach asks Aragonés how many units of social housing they have built, only to be told they have built none. Carlos Carrizosa criticizes the amnesty law in the PSC and Fernández blames Ghent for implementing a corrupt economic agenda for ten years, although Estrada exclaims: “I hope!”

Drought and climate change

Then the discussion continues with drought. Recent rains have prompted the government to ease water restrictions five days before the elections. “We can’t talk about drought without talking about the climate emergency,” says Albiach, who called the legislature disappointing, with transcripts of the “secret” agreement between the ERC and PSC to continue working with Hard Rock. Aragones asserts that it is their turn to do what the Junts and PSC governments have never done before. “Farmers will be able to water them three times more,” he says, recalling that the time for planting has come, praising the citizen’s efforts to rationalize consumption, as well as the promising infrastructure planning and changing the economic model. Estrada blames him for short-term management, and gave in to lobby Tourism and not giving priority to agriculture or residents.

“Catalonia has fallen far short of its capabilities,” Ella says, over the past 10 years. The PSC candidate proposes issuing an emergency decree to build desalination and water replenishment plants in Bessos, and improve agricultural irrigation and the water supply network. “In the field of renewable energy, we are in line,” he adds. “Climate change is the fight of our lives and we are losing it,” Rule says. He denies the necessity of managing drought by improvisation and confronting regions and sectors. Fernandez blames the government for “deep incompetence” due to the lack of measures, despite its long warning. “We are the seventh region in terms of renewables,” Aragones claims, accusing the Spanish government of going back and forth on the Tordera desalination plant. “You had the money, but it’s always someone else’s fault,” Ella told him. “You are the one who supported the government,” Estrada responds. Carrizoza, who has been eliminated from the game, tells them that they have been cynical for all the years they have ruled, and that they are just dealing with the process. Albič continues to mention Hard Rock and defends a new water culture and a new production model, and the CUP candidate asks that everyone speak out about the interconnectedness of networks because they say one thing in the territory and another abroad

Process, Referendum and TV3

Then they enter the section on relations between Catalonia and Spain. Carrizoza asserts that the process is not over and that the independents will demand the PSOE in a referendum, blames Illa for abandoning the ERC and the Junts, and uses it to criticize TV3 for the decisions of the Spanish Electoral Council prohibiting talking about “exiles”. On public television, the Fox nominee also intervenes frequently. Albiach values political negotiation and Estrada, after amnesty and pardon, considers it necessary to open the file of self-determination by restoring Parliament’s initiative. “They compete to see who climbs the most,” Estrada tells Junts and ERC of his hardline politics in Madrid. Rolle asks to restore unity and utilize the ability to influence Madrid to restore the nation. “I am not deceiving anyone,” Fernández says. “I am a defender of Spanish autonomy, and my goal is to end the process.” “For you, this operation is a business. You are healers,” he adds, addressing Aragonés and Rolle. He also criticizes the PSC for issuing the pardon.

“We started the legislature with nine political prisoners,” the left-wing candidate says while Rolle is on set. The Revolutionary Council candidate and President of the General State welcomes the results of negotiations with the Socialist Workers’ Party before defending the necessity of agreeing on the foundations of the referendum and that the fiscal deficit puts an end to the “big elephant in the room.” Illa says he intends to solve the financing problem by publishing the tax union included in the law. “His party used Catalonia to win votes in Spain,” Illa criticizes the PP, accusing it of not having any proposals. “The PP poses a danger to Catalonia,” Albiach adds. “Oh, how scary!” Fernandez joked. “His government also practiced espionage and infiltration of the police,” blames the House of Commons candidate.

Language, culture and social policies

In the section on language and culture, CUP says it supports the claim that 2% of the budget is allocated to it, and describes the situation of Catalans as worrying. He speaks of a linguistic emergency and proposes action in all areas to ensure the social use of the language. The People’s Party points out that when culture and education fail, society ends up failing. “The more severe the policy of fines and coercion, the more the Catalan language declines,” says Fernández, who sees the Catalan language as becoming unfriendly and alienating young people. Then he becomes involved with Estrada in the persecution of the language in the islands and Valencia. Fernandez tries to make a joke on the CUP candidate because they are from the same neighborhood, but the PP candidate seems to insinuate that Estrada did not go to public school and accuses him of lying. Aragonés also sees an obsession on the part of the Spanish right to attack Catalans at school and exonerate his government. “I was not lucky enough to be a child immersed in the language because I come from Valencia,” laments Albiach, who also commits to dedicating 2% to culture.

“Language and culture are what makes Catalonia a nation,” continues Rol, who also claims TV3 and confirms the consensus of President Joan Rigol, indicated by the majority at the beginning of the debate. Number Three Junts asks the PSC to rejoin the Language Consensus, defends the fulfillment of linguistic immersion and calls for more staff to be appointed to the Linguistic Standardization Consortium, in order to end waiting lists for Catalan courses. The Egyptian Research Council rebukes him for not supporting the budget that was invested in him. Illa then praised Chancellor Natalia Garriga, and was the first to mention the danger of far-right leader Silvia Orioles entering Parliament. The PSC candidate also welcomes the agreement concluded with the ERC, Junts and Commons for Catalans in the school and challenges the PP to join it. Estrada takes advantage of the convention to tell him it’s a law that clears immersion.

Aragones shoots Ella whenever he can. Together they try to avoid confrontation with pro-independence parties, and strongly criticize the PSC and the People’s Party. Ella opens fronts against the majority and constantly tries to present himself as a future president. The CUP wants to put pressure on the ERC and Junts to stop “begging” the SWP. The Popular Party and the Communist Party try to tire out the socialists whenever they can. House of Commons candidate opposes Junts and tries to tag ERC and PSC.

Ella is the one who spent the most time when they started talking about social policies, education, housing and health. The three themes are mixed, which further complicates the confrontation between ideas that end up shaping security policies. “Disappointment” is the word by which Albiach defines the management of Aragonés. House of Commons and CUP candidates caught up in Fox candidate’s lies. Estrada proposes banning evictions. In this section, Carrizosa also does a good job of talking about the process and the police’s lack of power. In light of Carrizoza’s “attitude of hatred,” Rolle responds that they would never lock them up in prison for peacefully advocating certain ideas, and lays out his platform proposals. Aragones promises free education in the future from zero to three years and links it to the need for a new financing system. Ella talks, as often as he can, about the lost decade, in this area as well, and makes the only announcement that night about Barlon and Trapero. And then more education. Fernández proposes a trilingual model and the recovery of a culture of effort. “They don’t trample on a public school or CAP until it’s time to cut the ribbon,” Estrada says, questioning the credibility of those who rule.

In the end, the PP candidate speaks the most and the CUP candidate the least. “I hope this is the result,” joked Fernandez, who wished it was Sunday and the chart counting the time and counting the votes. There is no golden minute to request a vote. After nearly two and a half hours of discussion, there was no need either.