As the editor of the newspapers INFORMACIÓN, Levante-El Mercantil Valenciano, Mediterráneo-El Periódico de Castellón and Superdeporte, the first information group in the Valencian Community, Prensa Ibérica, has decided to cancel the discussion it was planning to hold with the candidates. Regional elections on May 28 before Generalitat head Ximo Puig refused to participate in it.
Prensa Ibérica sent timely and formatted invitations to the candidates for the Generalitat presidency from all parties represented in parliament for an election debate on 22 May. It broadcasts on televisions owned by the Community of Valencia and its three provincial capitals.
But he met with the current head of the Generalitat and the socialist re-election candidate to join this discussion. In the face of this situation, Prensa Ibérica decided to cancel the call, considering that if they were deprived of the opinion of one of the main candidates in these elections, their readers would be presented with a distorted perspective.
As the main information group in the Valencian Community, Prensa Ibérica considers its responsibility to present an election discussion with all candidates for the Presidency of the Generalitat so that its readers can present their proposals first hand and exchange ideas earlier. key concerns of citizens and the public, such as housing, rising shopping cart prices, the climate emergency, or health and social care.
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The group wishes to point out that the cancellation of the initiative only corresponds to Puig and PSPV-PSOE’s decision to reject the invitation to participate. It also apologized to other candidates who expressed their willingness to participate for the disruption the decision may cause.
INFORMACIÓN, Levante-EMV and Mediterráneo’s forecast would hold the debate on May 22, a day after the publication of the poll commissioned jointly by the three newspapers, predicting the likely outcome of the ballot box a week later. Silvia Tomás, managing director of Corporate Affairs at Levante-EMV, was to host a debate in Valencia where the heads of political departments of the three candidates were also expected to intervene with questions from different parties. candidates. media.
The latest data from consulting firm Comscore citing the digital audience for this month of March 2023 shows Prensa Ibérica as Spain’s leading news and information group. In the Valencian Community, the three general information titles of Prensa Ibérica reach a total of 14,290,000 unique visitors.
According to last month’s Comscore data, Levante-EMV had 7,415,000 unique users, while INFORMACIÓN added 4,442,000 visitors in March. The two newspapers surpassed Las Provincias, which reached 4,258,000 users. Mediterráneo-El Periódico de Castellón reached 2.433.000.