The spokesperson for Esquerra Republicana in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, stated this Wednesday that he will read “against the light” and “to the last comma” the housing decrees approved by the Government, which will be put to a vote on Friday, and avoided taking his support for granted, despite what is being conveyed by his party's leadership in Barcelona.
In the corridors of Congress, Gabriel Rufián explained that ERC will examine in detail the texts promoted by the PSOE, stating that “we are going to review the PSOE's texts to the last comma, we have to look at them against the light just in case.” The pro-independence leader insisted that he does not want to anticipate the direction of his vote before completing that reading.
Although he admitted that the general decree of measures on housing incorporates many of ERC's demands, he also stressed that the decree related to the automatic extension of rental contracts seems “key” to him.
Without anticipating his support for Friday's vote
Despite this assessment, Gabriel Rufián did not want to commit his group's support for the decrees in advance, in contrast to the message coming from ERC's leadership in Barcelona. “I don't care who I contradict, I'm going to read it to the last comma,” the republican spokesperson concluded.
Criticism of the delay in the publication of the second decree
Rufián also criticized the delay in the publication of the second decree, a delay that, in his opinion, shows that the Council of Ministers “is a disaster.” “Everyone knows it,” added the ERC spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies.