The Constitutional Court has decided that it will be in the Plenary of this week when it will rule on whether to admit the appeal presented by the Ombudsman against the resolution of the Supreme Court that suspended the right to vote in the upcoming general elections for those nationalized by the 'grandchildren's law' who do not prove to be descendants of exiles.
The court of guarantees informed this Monday that the amparo appeal will be analyzed by the group of magistrates, after one of the sections of the court requested that the matter be elevated to the Plenary, which meets from Tuesday to Thursday.
The twelve members of the court must rule on the admission of the appeal promoted by the institution headed by Ángel Gabilondo and, if accepted, on the precautionary measure raised in the same document.
In the appeal, to which Europa Press has had access, the Ombudsman urges the Constitutional Court to "appreciate the existence of an exceptional urgency" and agree "immediately" to the precautionary measure of nullifying the orders of the Supreme Court that, on two occasions, in September and October, ratified the precautionary suspension of the vote while the high court resolves the substance of the litigation.
In addition, it requests that the Constitutional Court order the Central Electoral Board to maintain the previous situation of Spanish citizens residing abroad registered in the Electoral Census of Absent Residents (CERA) "in the manner prior to those resolutions, so that they can, if they wish, exercise their right to active suffrage in the upcoming general elections."
The Ombudsman warns that the call for general elections on the next November 29 "entails a series of very close preclusive procedures and acts in time that, in this case, could not be fulfilled if the precautionary measure is not adopted immediately."