Abascal cancels Jordi Wild interview, Digi Mart USA News: Vox leader Santiago Abascal last-minute canceled his interview on the podcast The Wild Project, which was scheduled to be recorded on Wednesday, November 11. He took the step after denouncing the alleged “kidnapping” of part of his interview on La Revuelta, after RTVE and production company El Terrat refused to publish 40 minutes of the Monday program that featured Abascal.
According to a party statement, Abascal has decided that from now on he will only accept interviews that allow availability of the content and use of his answers by the party. Vox also decided to suspend all planned recordings in which “the full right and autonomy” of the party is not guaranteed.
The party said the cancellation does not in any way attribute to Jordi Wild any breach, but only reflects the urgency of protecting the reputation of Vox and its candidates during an election period. Vox argues that the public broadcaster and the production company failed to honor what was “agreed in good faith” and denounces their refusal to deliver or make public the full recording, which it calls an “outrage.”
The party also complains that the clips broadcast on television were selected “without Vox having the opportunity to indicate which segments were of greater or lesser interest to the viewer.” “Very important messages on healthcare, defense of public services, or energy were excluded,” the party said.
Vox is demanding the “same and reciprocal right regarding the image and content” of interviews it grants. To “avoid further political damage,” the party is suspending “any recording where the full right and autonomy of Vox is not guaranteed.”
Abascal is the first political leader to withdraw from the series of individual interviews that YouTuber Jordi Wild, one of the most influential communicators in Spain’s digital sphere, had arranged for his podcast. Until now, Pedro Sánchez, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Ada Colau and Abascal himself had agreed to sit before his cameras.
The recordings were scheduled to be broadcast next Friday, November 13, with one hour between each.
