Overview
- A minority current in ERC filed a complaint with the party’s Guarantees Commission seeking an internal probe of Gabriel Rufián for alleged disloyalty.
- The group, the Col·lectiu Primer d'Octubre led by Xavier Martínez-Gil, also asks for his temporary removal as ERC’s spokesperson in Spain’s Congress during the inquiry.
- The complaint says Rufián is pushing a state-level left alliance without an internal mandate, which they argue confuses members and hurts the party’s credibility.
- Party leaders under Oriol Junqueras oppose the alliance plan but have not considered sanctions or stripping Rufián of his role.
- Reports describe the case as unlikely to advance, yet it revives ERC’s internal split, with a separate current linked to ex-deputy Joan Tardà backing broader left unity.