Supreme Court Bars ‘Grandchildren Law’ Citizens From the Election
The ruling keeps the registration freeze in place for more than 163,000 approved applicants while judges weigh the law’s legality.
- On Monday, Spain's Supreme Court upheld the suspension of voting rights for people who acquired nationality under the Democratic Memory Law, confirming they cannot participate in the November 29 election.
- The 2022 Democratic Memory Law granted nationality to descendants of Spaniards who fled the civil war and Franco dictatorship; an October 19 instruction presumed exile for those leaving between 1936 and 1955, creating the legal dispute.
- As of August 1, the overseas register included more than 163,000 people naturalized under the law, while the foreign ministry reported more than 1.2 million applications, with 571,761 approved and more than 304,000 requests still under study.
- Vox and Iustitia Europa accused Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of using the measure to add left-leaning voters to the electoral census, while the Spanish Government expressed regret over the court's decision, calling it a temporary restriction.
- Despite the electoral suspension, the Supreme Court confirmed that nobody loses their nationality and pending applications continue to be processed. A ruling on the substance remains pending before the 2027 regional elections.
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In Spain, certain citizens abroad are still not allowed to take part in elections.
On Monday, the Supreme Court refused appeals from the Public Prosecutor's Office and the State Advocate to lift the interim suspension decided on 10 September, in view of the elections held on 29 November.
The Supreme Court's decision to maintain the precautionary suspension of the right to vote of tens of thousands of Spaniards who acquired nationality under the Democratic Memory Act could have a greater scope than initially envisaged.Continue reading....
The Supreme Court rejected a request from Pedro Sánchez and ratified the suspension of the right to vote.Only those who have proof that their ancestors fled the Civil War or Franco's dictatorship for political reasons or sexual orientation are excluded.Argentina is the country that submitted the most requests for this benefit.
The Supreme Court of Spain held on Monday the suspension of the right to vote by the descendants of exiles in the regime of dictator Francisco Franco (1939-1975), who obtained nationality by the so-called "law of the grandchildren" — a decision that can exclude up to 163 thousand voters from the early appeal for November by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
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