TV debate between Garcia and Humala

(22 May 2006)
1. Pan across presidential candidate Ollanta Humala supporters dancing
2. Anti-riot police force in front of demonstration
++Night Shots++
3. Woman shouting in favour of Humala
4. More of Humala supporters
5. Ollanta Humala arriving surrounded by policemen and journalists
6. Wide of journalists and cameramen surrounding Humala
7. Pan over chanting supporters of presidential candidate Alan Garcia
8. Various of Garcia supporters
9. Wide of debate podium with Alan Garcia (the debate started without Humala)
10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alan Garcia, presidential candidate for APRA (Popular Revolutionary American Alliance):
" This debate has finally started after a few incidents. It should have started at eight o'clock this evening, but for causes not of our fault as we were here on time out of respect for the country, the debate starts with a twenty minutes delay."
11. Wide of podium with both candidates
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ollanta Humala, presidential candidate for UPP (Union for Peru):
(Moderator: "With all my respect I ask you to remove the flag.)
" If it's out of the agreement I will remove it but if it's not contemplated in the agreement I cannot do that."
16. Various of Garcia supporters watching the debate on television
17. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alan Garcia, presidential candidate for APRA (Popular Revolutionary American Alliance):
" Part of my government plan is to give back the working class its acquisition powers and its working rights. There are millions of Peruvians today that work more than eight hours a day and they don't get those extra hours paid."
18. Various of Ollanta Humala supporters cheering him while watching debate
19. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ollanta Humala, presidential candidate of UPP (Union for Peru):
" Therefore we want to leave the past behind, we want to talk about the future. To build a future means a new constitution, a new power partition, a new power partition that will include all the people."
20. Anti-riot police arriving at debate venue
21. Media at venue, with equipment for a live broadcast
22. Garcia coming out of building
STORYLINE:
In their only scheduled debate ahead of the Peruvian presidential elections on June 4, candidates Alan Garcia and Ollanta Humala exchanged markedly different views over the country's political future.
The much-awaited debate started with a 20 minutes delay as Union for Peru's (PPU) candidate Ollanta Humala arrived late, something that former president Alan Garcia pointedly mentioned in his opening remarks.
" This debate has finally started after a few incidents. It should have started at eight o'clock this evening, but for causes not of our fault as we were here on time out of respect for the country, the debate starts with a twenty minutes delay", Garcia said.
Before answering, Humala, who appeared tense and nervous throughout the debate, placed a Peruvian flag on his table and refused to remove it even after the journalist acting as debate moderator requested it.
Finally the journalist had to remove the flag personally.
"I want a country without authoritarianism and abuses, based on respect towards tolerance and critics", said Garcia clearly referring to Humala's background as a former military chief.
The debate revolved around five main issues: democracy, economic policy, the social agenda, decentralisations and citizens' security.
But after passing quickly over the debate points, both candidates started to take digs at each other's past.
" Part of my government plan is to give back the working class its acquisition powers and its working rights," he said.

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