
The number one of ERC to Congress admits that he was "about" to leave and that he continues "out of responsibility"
Gabriel Rufián, head of the ERC list, has admitted his failure in his attempt to achieve a unified candidacy of the left for the general elections of 29-N and has confessed that he was on the verge of resigning.
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Gabriel Rufián is the head of the ERC list for the Congress of Deputies for the next general elections.
The number one of ERC in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, stated this Friday that he has "failed" in his proposal to form a unitary candidacy of the left in the general elections of 29-N and has assumed that "very likely there will be no agreement."
In an interview on RAC1, the first he has given since he was proclaimed head of Esquerra's list, Rufián stated that he has thought about "leaving" and that this Thursday he was "about" to do so, but they stopped him, although he has indicated that he continues "out of responsibility" and "because of ERC militancy, not because of anyone who is in an office" of the party.
Rufián has apologized for not having achieved the unitary candidacy: "I thought that by repeating what the street was saying and that if I had enough strength, I could drag the party apparatus. And I probably can't. It's a failure. I have failed. We have failed."

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