Vicente Valles has expressed in “La Mesa”, on Antena 3, his concern about the incidents at political events and what could happen after the elections if there is a change in the Government. The journalist believes that these episodes will have little effect at the polls, but fears that they could be repeated more frequently during the next legislature.
“What we can fear is that this is a rehearsal of what could happen,” he noted during the debate. Vallés has linked this possibility with a change at the head of the Executive and has insisted that this is a scenario pending the electoral result.
The conversation has started from protests and attempts to boycott acts of Voxas well as the episodes against Isabel Díaz Ayuso and one of her advisors mentioned by the presenter. The question was whether these mobilizations could condition the campaign or whether they would lose intensity as the days went by.
“I don’t think much vote will move”
Vallés has begun by distinguishing the intentions he attributes to those who organize these actions from the result he believes they can achieve. In his opinion, they probably seek to influence the campaign, although he has questioned whether they will be able to significantly change the voters’ preferences.
“I believe that they are not able to condition the electoral campaign”he stated. He then specified his opinion on the possible effect at the polls. “I don’t think a lot of votes will move because these things happen against a specific party,” he added, before referring to the incidents against Vox that were being discussed.
His concern has come when talking about what could happen after the elections. Vallés fears that the actions that are now taking place around certain political acts will spread if the Government changes.
By raising this possibility, he has introduced caution about the electoral result. “If that were to happen, we will see that starting November 29”he specified. In that case, he warned that they could find that “this type of episode becomes more widespread.”
The possible contagion of street violence
The presenter also asked her about the risk that street violence in other countries, with France as an example, could spread to Spain. Vallés has responded that he considers it possible and has explained that, in his opinion, images of what is happening outside can encourage similar behaviors to be reproduced.
“When you see episodes of this type in other countries, it is possible that they become infected,” he noted. During his response he also mentioned the extension of the camps as an example of how a mobilization can have an impact beyond the place where it begins.
“This has an inevitable contagion effect”he stated. However, he clarified that the intensity and scope of these episodes depend on the circumstances of each country. Its comparison with what happened outside Spain does not mean that it considers all situations equivalent.
In fact, Vallés has clarified that the incidents he was referring to in Spain are of lesser magnitude than those he was commenting on in France. “We haven’t come that far here, of course.”he has indicated.
The journalist has insisted that this difference does not lessen the seriousness of what happened. Returning to the Spanish situation, he spoke of “some much smaller, but equally serious, episodes.” Their concern is that they stop being specific events and are repeated during the next legislature.