Puedo prometer y prometo (Spanish "I can promise, and I do promise...") is a classic catchphrase said by Spanish politician Adolfo Suárez, first said in the first post-Franco general elections in Spain in 1977.[1]
The phrase, which was initially derided by some comedians[2] soon became a definitive accolade for choosing Suárez and is remembered as one of the symbols of the Spanish Transition[3][4] subsequently being used in popular parlance for both political and journalistic purposes.
- ^ "El Presidente Suárez expuso las razones del Pacto de la Moncloa" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. November 3, 1977. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ Morán, Gregorio (18 March 1995). "La paz pujoliana (y II)" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ "La antivíspera electoral y su cumplimiento" (in Spanish). ABC. 10 August 1978. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ "Temor a que González repita los errores que cometió Suárez en 1979" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 13 June 1993. Retrieved July 15, 2012.