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Rufián's ally who did taekwondo and fell out with Pablo Iglesias

Emilio Delgado broke with Podemos in 2016 and later supported Íñigo Errejón in Más Madrid

Emilio Delgado during the event last Wednesday in Madrid with Gabriel Rufián
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MadridEmilio Delgado Orgaz (Madrid, 1976) is one of the most fashionable figures on the Spanish left. At least, socially. Although he acts as a free spirit with respect to his party – a little as Gabriel Rufián has been doing in recent weeks—, has been in the media spotlight ever since he proposed to the ERC spokesperson in Congress to do a talk about the future of the leftIt was in the Galileo Galilei Hall in Madrid, and they were a resounding success. On Wednesday, during the presentations, the audience's ovation was louder for him than for the Republican candidate. He is currently the deputy spokesperson for Más Madrid in the Madrid Assembly, although he has been developing his own strategy for some time and aspires to challenge Minister Mónica García for the leadership of the party's list in the upcoming regional elections.

His family first lived in Vallecas and then moved to Móstoles, as he himself told The CountryHis leftist roots, which he has had since childhood, he inherited especially from his father. In fact, he explained to The World She has photos of herself as a baby at a demonstration, being held in the arms of Marcelino Camacho, the driving force and general secretary of the Workers' Commissions (CCOO) from 1976 to 1987. As a young woman, she was part of the Spanish taekwondo team and narrowly missed qualifying for the 2020 Sydney Olympics. She entered politics in 2015 on the Podemos party list. But her time there lasted only a year. In March 2016, she resigned as the party's organizational secretary in the Community of Madrid, as she was highly critical of the leadership: "The lack of political direction in the regional body is paralyzing," she complained. The following week, Delgado criticized Pablo Iglesias's decision to dismiss the Podemos organizational secretary, Sergio Pascual: "We have very different ideas about responsibility, beauty, and care," she retorted. Three years later, she joined the Más Madrid list, promoted by Íñigo Errejón, in the regional elections.

Emilio Delgado greeting Gabriel Rufián before the event began.
The spokesperson for Más Madrid in the Madrid Assembly, Manuela Bergerot, and Emilio Delgado before the start of the control session in the government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

Puigdemont, Franco and Trump

In recent times, Emilio Delgado has escalated his criticism of Carles Puigdemont. Days before the agreement between the PSOE and Junts for Pedro Sánchez's investiture, he compared the Junts leader to the PP: "Puigdemont was willing to set Catalonia ablaze against Spain because it was profitable for him in terms of votes, and you have set Spain ablaze against Catalonia for the same reason." Later raised the bar In the context of criticizing Isabel Díaz Ayuso for her "deliberate identification" with the region, he said: "Nothing that others haven't done before, from Franco to Trump to Puigdemont." "They all cared little for the society they claimed to defend," he added.

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