Spain's Losing Party Plans to Sue Movie Director for Slander Over a 'Coup'

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MADRID, March 17 — Spain's defeated conservative party said Wednesday that it was going to sue Pedro Almodóvar, the country's most celebrated movie director, because he had accused the government of trying to hatch a "coup d'état" the day before the election.

The Popular Party said in a news release that Mr. Almodóvar had committed "slander and libel."

Appearing at a screening for the press of his new movie, "Bad Education," in Spain on Tuesday, Mr. Almodóvar, an opponent of the Iraq war, called the defeat of the conservatives a "liberating" moment that will usher in a new era of democracy.

Mr. Almodóvar referred to a rumor circulating on the Internet that accused the government of petitioning the Spanish king on the eve of the election to postpone the voting. The rumor, still swirling around Madrid, held that the king refused the request, saying it would constitute a de facto coup d'état.

"We have to understand something terrifying," Mr. Almodóvar told reporters for the news channel Telecinco about the P.P., the Popular Party. "The P.P. was about to, at midnight Saturday, bring about a coup détat. I don't want to be polite or delicate. I'm not trying to throw stones, but you have to see how the P.P. has been operating."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/18/international/europe/18SPAI.html

[bluestateguy]

1. How do you say "Sore Losermen" in Spanish

They lost. They need to get over it and support their new Prime Minister.

[Gman]

2. They wanted to postpone the Spanish election???

Suddenly this is a very popular topic in conservative circles around the world.

[neverforget]

3. According to Rumsfeld "freedom is untidy".