The PSOE of Madrid has filed complaints before the Central Electoral Board against Telemadrid for the criticisms and accusations made about the known as 'grandchildren's law' in the space 'El Análisis: Diario de la Noche', directed by Antonio Naranjo, and for the reproaches directed at the central Government and President Pedro Sánchez in the program 'Hablamos de Madrid' broadcast on October 12 and hosted by Carlos Cuesta.
According to the documents, which Europa Press has had access to, both complaints are formulated during the full electoral period, which began on October 6 in anticipation of the general elections scheduled for November 29, and question the informational treatment of the public Madrid channel.
In the case of the space presented by Naranjo, the PSOE-M emphasizes that it was claimed that the Supreme Court had "put an end to Pedro Sánchez's attempt to inflate the electoral roll by giving away the Spanish DNI" and that the paperwork had been entrusted "to dictatorial regimes like that of Cuba".
In that same broadcast, the situation would have been described as "a true embarrassment and a true scandal how they have tried to manufacture voters here by giving them nationality and harming those who truly deserve that nationality".
For the Madrid socialists, these expressions about a norm "legitimately approved" by the Cortes Generales demonstrate an "evident political bias" aligned with parties competing in the elections of November 29, which in their opinion violates the obligations of a public television.
The complaints state that "the message of the Popular Party, a party competing in the general elections, coincides with the expressions of the director and presenter of the Telemadrid program, which reinforces the existence of a political bias that contravenes the principle of informational neutrality", and it is emphasized that Naranjo would have incurred in a "violation of the principle of informational neutrality".
Therefore, the PSOE-M requests the JEC to require Telemadrid to respect "political and social pluralism" and "equality, proportionality, and informational neutrality" during the electoral period, as well as the adoption of "necessary" measures to ensure compliance in future broadcasts.
Criticism of the treatment on October 12 in 'Hablamos de Madrid'
The second complaint is directed at Carlos Cuesta's program and focuses on the treatment of the military parade on October 12. The broadcast includes statements from the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, and other officials from the PP, in which they claim it will be "the last parade" of the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in Moncloa, while references to the head of the Executive or the PSOE are described in the complaint as "humiliating."
The document also refers to very harsh comments regarding the management of the Government of Spain in housing matters and the agreements of the current Executive, in which it is stated that they have "made deals with parties that want the destruction of Spain."
In the program, the host went so far as to say that "Pedro Sánchez was fully aware that when he forged these alliances, they were alliances with people who wanted to insult Spain and not celebrate Spain. And then you complain that people are angry and say certain things to you? When you are fully aware that the alliances you have established are alliances against the interests of Spain."
The spokesperson for the PSOE in the Assembly of Madrid, Mar Espinar, in statements sent to the media, has described it as "intolerable" that Telemadrid has "become the loudspeaker for insults and hatred against the president of the Government of Spain" and has denounced the partisan use of the regional channel.
In these statements, Espinar argues that "the people of Madrid deserve a television where respect and plurality prevail, and not a tool at the service of Mrs. Ayuso who uses it as if it were her estate to spread her lies and sow discord. Fortunately, Madrid is not Telemadrid."