Gabriel Rufián es un genio

Gabriel Rufián is an undeniable genius according to the minimal definition. For months, opinion polls have consistently ranked him as the most valued politician and the ideal unifier for the guerrilla war front that the left-wing has showcased as the childish left. He accomplished this feat despite a double paradox. The first lies in his association with the project that created and catapulted him; it is not easy to understand how an independentist has lured a well-informed voter from Malasaña into forgetting that his primary goal was to achieve the secession of one of Spain's wealthiest regions, thereby breaking interterritorial solidarity.

At the same time, his mastery of second-generation social media has acted as a viral sedative, erasing a key episode from his parliamentary activity from memory. This man, the everyday individual who dares speak truths in committees of investigation and the floor of the Congress, was the leader who risked the most consequential social initiative of Pedro Sánchez's governments: the labor reform.

His guardian angel was a Popular deputy who mistakenly voted. However, had that reform agreed upon by the Ministry of Labor not been jeopardized by Rufián, would he have succeeded in completing the triumphant transformation of his character? I doubt it. But it would be an error to underestimate him. Just four days ago, he managed to reach a pact with Podemos, despite the party of Pablo Iglesias clearly valuing the main project of Esquerra Republicana in Catalonia. "Born dead" said Ione Belarra, about the reform of the financing model.