- 1Europa Press reports that Irene Montero and Gabriel Rufián urged voting with "memoria y conciencia" and set aside the strategic vote.
- 220minutos reports it was their first joint rally in Madrid, after one in Barcelona two weeks earlier.
- 3Europa Press quotes Montero saying "El PSOE, si puede, te come."
- 420minutos reports the two promised a third event in Madrid; it gives no date.
Irene Montero, the Podemos candidate for prime minister, and Gabriel Rufián, ERC's lead candidate for Barcelona in the Congress of Deputies, urged voters to vote with "memoria y conciencia" ("memory and conscience") in Spain's general election on 29 November, according to Europa Press and 20minutos. This article reports campaign statements, not election results.
According to 20minutos, Podemos and ERC are running as electoral partners. The outlet reports that the candidates call the PSOE's strategic-vote appeal a trap.
What was said
Europa Press reports that the two set aside the strategic vote, known in Spanish as "voto útil," which the PSOE, Spain's Socialist party, is promoting. 20minutos reports that, in the candidates' view, the appeal is a trap. 20minutos quotes Montero: "El PSOE, si puede, te come." (Oppositioner's translation: "The PSOE, if it can, eats you.")
According to 20minutos, the appearance on Saturday at Espacio Delicias in Madrid was the first joint rally in the city for the two electoral partners, following one in Barcelona two weeks earlier. The outlet reports that they promised a third event in Madrid so Montero could address people who could not get in on Saturday.
Still unverified
The reports reviewed do not give attendance figures, a date for the third rally, or a response from the PSOE. The characterization of the Socialist appeal as a trap is the candidates' own, as reported by 20minutos.
Sources
Reporting by 20minutos and Europa Press.
Reported from 2 published sources (www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticia, europapress.es). Facts, figures and quotes come only from those sources. Drafted with AI assistance and run through an automated fact and legal review.
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