EL DEBATE DECISIVO {THE DECISIVE DEBATE} {TAPE 3 OF
3} {SPANISH} (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:70936. Tape three of three. The
second and final live presidential debate between the
incumbent Felipe Gonz‡lez, leader of the PSOE (Socialist
Party), and JosŽ Mar’a Aznar, opposition candidate and
leader of the PP (People's Party) in the 1993 election.
This tape includes the fourth debate topic on the role
of Spain in the world, candidates' concluding
statements, and the immediate impressions of guests
and the press. Gonz‡lez begins by commenting on the
important role that Spain is playing in Europe. He
talks about the strong presence of Spain in the European
community, its role in the Rome treaty, and its presence
in Africa and in Latin America. He supports the
position that Spain should establish better relations
with Israel, and most importantly, emphasizes the
country's responsibility in the international community
and on peace missions. He asks Aznar to restate his
comments that he has always supported the government's
policy concerning the situation with Yugoslavia. Aznar
makes his position clear and claims to be proud of the
Spanish peace keeping forces in Yugoslavia and says he
supports the government's decision to send new troops to
that country. However, he wants to know the exact role
that these troops are going to play on this mission, and
what will happen with the humanitarian troops that are
currently there. He emphasizes that foreign policy is
part of the country's policy and that it should always
represent the interests of the country. He mentions the
representation of the security council in the UCD
party's government, as well as Spain being a part of the
conference on security and cooperation, entering the
Atlantic Union and the European Council. His only
concern is that the country doesn't meet European
competitiveness, and he believes that an essential
objective is increasing Spain's visibility among the
most developed countries in Europe. He asks of Felipe
Gonz‡lez that if he remains in the opposition he should
maintain these objectives. Gonz‡lez responds by quoting
a statement by Aznar in which he said he would not send
more soldiers to Bosnia, and announced his support for
the soldiers, but not for Gonz‡lez's government. Aznar
argues that he's always supported soldiers when they
were on a mission, but on this occasion demands to know
what their mission will be if they are sent to Bosnia.
After a few rounds of criticizing each other's comments,
the moderator asks for both candidates to present their
concluding statements. Felipe Gonz‡lez begins with his
concluding statement: he supports a country that is
directed towards freedom and peace, and aims towards
progress; he supports a pact for the creation of jobs,
and asks for people to vote with freedom for a project
aimed at progress. Aznar's concluding statement asks
the people for an opportunity for change in the country:
he aims to fight against unemployment, corruption,
drugs, inequality, marginalization, and promises
politics aimed at modernizing the country. The
moderator concludes the debate and reminds the viewers
that these two candidates do not represent the only
options, but only the two majority parties. With Julio
Fern‡ndez in the studio anchoring, various reporters
collect impressions about the debate from press and
guests. Carmen Tom‡s, who has been in the guest room
for the entire debate, speaks of the intense interest of
the viewers watching the debate. Next, Wilfred Oehling
reports from the press room with two of the guests,
Vasco Landoiro from Portuguese television, and Joseph
Marola from Austrian television. Both give their
impressions of the quality and intensity of the debate.
Back in the studio, AndrŽs Abelasturi reports that JosŽ
Mar’a Aznar left the premises without commenting to
the press, and Abelasturi is now waiting for Felipe
Gonz‡lez to emerge from his room to talk to the press.
Meanwhile, another reporter, Mar’a JosŽ S‡ez, talks with
some of the invited guests, Jorge Bestringe and Cuca
Solana, gathering their impressions of the debate.
While they wait for Felipe Gonz‡lez to emerge they
report that they need to end the transmission, which
brings the program to an end.
(This program is in Spanish.)
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Media
Planning, 2002.
Details
- NETWORK: Telecinco (Spain)
- DATE: June 2, 1993 1:00 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:38:35
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:70937
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: International Collection - Spanish - Zone 1 - Spain; Spain - Elections - 1993; Spain - Officials - Talk/Interviews; Spain - Economic conditions; Spain - Foreign policy
- SERIES RUN: Telecinco (Spain) - TV, 1993
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CREDITS
- Javier Marinas … Moderator
- Julio Fernandez … Anchor
- Andres Abelasturi … Reporter
- Armas Marcelo, Juan Jose … Reporter
- Wilfred Oehling … Reporter
- Maria Jose Saez … Reporter
- Carmen Tomas … Reporter
- Jose Maria Aznar
- Jorge Bestringe
- Felipe Gonzalez
- Vasco Landoiro
- Joseph Marola
- Cuca Solana