Oriol Junqueras has "no fear" of Gabriel Rufián saying goodbye

Barcelona"A party that has had Francesc Macià, Lluís Companys, Josep Irla, Josep Tarradellas, and Pere Aragonès is above all else." The president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, asserted this Friday the importance of his party, above any specific dispute, including regarding the candidates. "We are not afraid of anything," he responded in an interview with Ser Catalunya when asked if he feared that Gabriel Rufián might leave ERC in search of a national left-wing front. "ERC goes far beyond all of that," he insisted, adding that "if we weren't afraid of prison, how can we be afraid of anything else, much less this?"

Junqueras, who has emphasized his friendship with Rufián, insisted that, "fortunately for Catalonia, ERC goes far beyond all of this."

Rufián will headline the second event of his national tour on April 9th, which began a few weeks ago in Madrid. In Barcelona, ​​he will share the stage with Podemos MEP Irene Montero, who has already expressed strong interest in forming an electoral alliance with the current Esquerra spokesperson in Madrid. Junqueras did not attend the Madrid event and has no intention of attending the Barcelona event either. In fact, the Republican leadership has consistently rejected Rufián's strategy, and this Friday the president of the Republicans guaranteed that the ERC brand will not be diluted under any other umbrella when the elections arrive. "I swear to you that it is impossible for that to happen," he concluded.