The ERC spokesperson in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, has once again defended this Wednesday the need to articulate a "left-wing front," emphasizing that it must be promoted "especially in Catalonia."
However, he has refused to clarify whether he will once again be the lead candidate for Barcelona in the next general elections, whether there are conversations with ERC about that possibility, or whether he has the explicit support of his colleagues in the parliamentary group.
"I am not going to telegraph internal matters. I have never been a source for a journalist to criticize any colleague, and I will not do so, ever," he replied when asked if he will repeat as number one on the ERC candidacy.
A week after deputy Jordi Salvador lashed out at his spokesperson, warning him that the party is not his "personal platform" and that "patience has a limit," Rufián has chosen not to fuel the controversy or delve "into the gossip" about his relationships with the other Republican deputies.
In statements in the corridors of Congress, he also avoided commenting on the accusations of alleged workplace harassment within Sumar, although he took the opportunity to reiterate that "something else must be created" and that there is still time to implement it.
A front to stop the right
Afterwards, he insisted that his goal is to build "a left-wing front, in this case especially in Catalonia, which can inspire other territories" because, otherwise, the progressive vote will not be enough to prevent the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, from becoming vice president in an eventual PP Government.
In his opinion, one should not fall into "melancholy" and it would be "irresponsible and negligent" to waste the available time to build this new left-wing space in order to stop the "disaster" that, in his view, a shared executive between the 'popular' and Vox would represent.
"I am convinced that when the wolf's ears are really seen, when there is a date, in short, for elections, people will move," he added, emphasizing that his proposal to "do something" is well received by the progressive electorate and that, as he perceives, it sounds "good" among left-wing people.