The PSOE proposes that the Television Academy organize the 'face to face' and the four-way debate if the PP maintains its "veto" on TVE

In the political fight between the two major parties over the electoral debates, the PSOE has proposed this Monday that the Academy of Television and Audiovisual Sciences and Arts be the institution that organizes the face-to-face and confrontation of the four main candidates for the Presidency of the Government if the PP maintains its "veto" to participate in one organized by RTVE.

This is what Pedro Sánchez's party explained in a statement, in which it reiterates its "firm commitment" to "the right of citizens to contrast political projects" before the elections on November 29.

Sources from Ferraz's leadership emphasize that the PSOE remains "firm in its conviction that electoral debates must be distributed in a balanced and plural manner." For this reason, he considers it "essential" that one of the meetings be held in the public sphere and be organized by RTVE, while a second debate can be organized by one of the large private communication groups.

"Debating without exclusivity and without excluding any television, especially public television, continues to be an inalienable principle," they defend in the socialist leadership. In this way, they demand that the PP accept one of the two meetings between the two presidential candidates proposed by the public entity, that is, the face-to-face meeting or the debate between the four main political parties.

Furthermore, in the PSOE they point out that it is on the regional public television channels where Alberto Núñez Feijóo's party "systematically" decides to attend the electoral debates. "[Juanma] Moreno Bonilla debates on Canal Sur and [Isabel] Díaz Ayuso on Telemadrid," he noted in reference to the presidents of Andalusia and the Community of Madrid, respectively.

"All PP leaders respect the institutionality of debating on public television except Núñez Feijóo who insists on vetoing public radio and television in Spain," PSOE emphasizes. If the PP maintains its refusal, they formally propose to all political formations and all communication groups that the Television Academy be the one to organize both electoral groups.

In this sense, they point out that it is a formula that "has been carried out successfully on previous occasions" and that "guarantees a neutral and open signal so that all media that wish to do so can broadcast freely."