The PSOE has shown its satisfaction after the Partido Popular gave the green light for the Television Academy to take charge of organizing the election debates among the main candidates for the Presidency of the Government, a format that includes a 'face-to-face' and a four-way debate with the most relevant political forces.
This was indicated by Socialist sources, who emphasized that this option was put on the table by the PSOE after the PP's "veto" against Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) being in charge of one of the debates, with the aim of ensuring that all interested media can broadcast these meetings "freely."
The proposal includes the holding of two appointments: a 'face-to-face' between the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and a four-way debate with the candidates of the main parties. The PP had initially suggested that the first take place on November 16 and the second on the 26th.
At first, the PSOE argued that one of the debates be held in the public service and be organized by RTVE, while the other would fall to one of the large private media groups.
However, in the face of the PP's refusal to attend a debate promoted by the public corporation, the Socialists put on the table that the Television Academy should take responsibility for the organization of both meetings.
For its part, the PP had backed the idea that the debates be organized by the media groups Antena 3, Telecinco, Cuatro and La Sexta, after Atresmedia and Mediaset formalized their interest in hosting them.
In this new context, the Secretary of Organization and spokesperson for the PSOE, and general campaign coordinator, Rebeca Torró, has made herself available to the President of the Television Academy, María Casado, to pin down the definitive dates and the rest of the details of both debates.