The first debate of the six candidates for the Andalusian elections on the 19th, broadcast by RTVE, began this Monday with a one-minute speech by the PSOE-A candidate, Juan Espadaswho has recalled that Vox “made president” the candidate for the re-election of the PP-A, Juanma Moreno, who in his turn has claimed the “change” Andalusia in the last four years.
The Ciudadanos candidate, Juan Marín, has agreed with this message, while the Vox candidate, Macarena Olonahas criticized being called an “immigrant from Alicante” -assuring that he wants his son to have an Andalusian accent-.
For her part, the candidate for Por Andalucía, Inma Grandsonhas remembered the victims of sexist violence in the community and the candidate for Adelante Andalucía, Teresa Rodríguez, has pointed out the need for “an Andalusian party that defends the interests of Andalusia”.
The initial interventions, distributed from highest to lowest parliamentary representation, have been inaugurated by Espadas, who has pointed out that during the decades that the PSOE-A governed the community have “worked to recover the dignity of Andalusia, to get it out of underdevelopment” and “conquered rights”, in addition to promoting “infrastructures and equal opportunities”.
“And we have done it without hiding our initials,” he added, before referring to Moreno. She has pointed out about him that his policy “has pushed back public services“And he has criticized what he has branded as “management inability”. “Andalusia needs a government of progress”, he has sentenced, with policies “very committed to the social”. “It is possible to create higher quality employment, but also to strengthen health and education“, he said, as well as women’s rights.
Moreno has taken over claiming the “change” in Andalusia. The PP-A candidate has recalled the arrival of the pandemic, which “thanks to the collective effort and responsibility of the Government we have been putting an end to the pandemic”. He also underlined the economic situation: “We have managed to grow three consecutive years above the Spanish average“, he pointed out, as he also indicated that “public services” have been “strengthened” and “institutional stability has been created that gives a good image to the rest of Spain”. His speech closed with a call for “serenity” and ” tolerance” for the debate.
The change in the community has also led to the opening of Marin, who has been the only one of the candidates to address the viewer on a first-name basis to highlight that Andalusia “has gone from being in the caboose to being the locomotive”. “There are still many things to do, but with our work Andalusia has been transformed“. Marín has asked to “renew” that trust, assuring that “there has never been a more useful or decisive vote.” “These elections are about renewing the best government in Andalusia in its history or getting into a fight and a fight,” he said .
For her part, the candidate of the left-wing coalition Por AndalucíaInma Nieto, has dedicated the first few seconds to introduce herself and detail the formations that are part of the confluence -IU, Podemos, Más País, Verdes-Equo, Initiative of the Andalusian People and Alianza Verde-, and then send “a very affectionate hug” to the “almost two million women who in at some point in their lives they have been victims of sexist violence in Andalusia”, and very especially to the relatives of the three women murdered in the community in the last week.
“Our objective is unfold the feminist agenda“, he has maintained, in addition to “achieve decent working conditions and fight against climate changebanishing tension, noise and bad manners”.
The next to speak was the Vox candidate, Macarena Olona, who has celebrated the “opportunity to address all Andalusians without manipulation”. “It has been difficult”, he pointed out, emphasizing that “they have tried to make my candidacy illegal, that you cannot listen to me”. Olona has claimed to have been born in Alicante: “I am proud of my roots, I am Spanish”, she has emphasized, before criticizing that those who “shake hands with Catalan racism” call him an “immigrant from Alicante”. “The reality is that I want my son to have the Andalusian accent” of his grandparents and great-grandparents.
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The candidate has maintained that she intends “get Andalusia out of the caboose” of Spain and has risen as a figure against “all those who have punished Andalusia for being a loyal land with Spain”.
The last to give its initial minute has been Teresa Rodríguez, who has argued that it is necessary for there to be an “Andalusian party that defends the interests of Andalusia” and that “make your decisions here”. “Despite the extreme right that wants to steal autonomy from us, or the right that empties it of content” and has asked for “respect” for the Andalusian elections, which “are very important.”