Both candidates were interviewed by the Univision public affairs program Al Punto. Sorry, this is in Spanish. Lots of loaded questions from the host for both of them. Avila has probably never faced such tough questions. At one point, the host challenges Funes’s journalistic integrity for not answering directly if he thought Chavez and Castro were dictators. But the former television journalist chides the gotcha nature of the question and his questioner, saying as a host he would never ask such a question.
ARENA party candidate and former police chief Rodrigo Avila appears pretty nervous throughout the interview. The most interesting moment comes when he is asked if he has ever killed anyone. Avila dodges the question and even says outright: I won’t answer that question directly. When pressed, he says he has defended himself when necessary, just as he will defend Salvadorans as president. Then he is pressed again with a quote from a previous interview where he answered the same question in the affirmative. Wow!
Funes interview:
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Tags: 2009 Presidential Election, Avila, El Salvador, Funes, Univision
