The spokesperson of Esquerra Republicana (ERC) in the Congress, Gabriel Rufián, has stated that he is “willing” to lead the space to the left of the Socialist Party and run as the head of the list in the next general elections scheduled for July 2027.
“If my presence can help, I am willing. Of course,” Rufián said this Wednesday at a Club Siglo XXI event covered by Europa Press, although he emphasized that it should be the progressive parties who agree on the visible face of the project.
Rufián has claimed the pull that left-wing forces “rooted in the territory” are having, such as CHA in Aragón and Adelante Andalucía, whose candidate, José Ignacio García, he praised for his campaign as an example of the message the left should adopt.
With Junqueras they do not agree “on everything” but he will “never” say “a bad word about him”
Regarding whether leading the candidacy distances him from ERC, he assured that his party “has always taken responsibility for what happened beyond its borders” and stated that he will not leave until they throw him out.
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Rufián has stated that there are a series of “conditions” he has asked the republican leadership for to run again as head of the list in next year’s national elections, although he refused to reveal which ones.
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About his relationship with Oriol Junqueras, leader of ERC, he assured that they do not agree “on everything” and that sometimes they want to “kill each other,” but he asserted that he will “never” say “a bad word about him” because it would be “a scoundrel move.”
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