The Government maintains that it is "materially impossible" that, before the early general elections on November 29, a distinction can be made between those who obtained nationality through the 'grandchildren's law' and those who acquired it through other means, after the Supreme Court agreed to provisionally suspend the vote and new registrations in the Electoral Census of Absent Residents (CERA), except in cases of accredited exile.
This is the position that the Executive has conveyed, through the State Attorney's Office, in the allegations process opened by the high court after the electoral advance and prior to ruling on the substance of the procedure, according to a document accessed by Europa Press.
In that document, the Government argues that "either all Spaniards registered in the CERA are suspended --since the data held therein are, globally, those of Spaniards without any distinction-- or none are suspended, because it is materially impossible to distinguish between them in the very short time available."
It also emphasizes that "since it is not possible to discern in the CERA" in the "brief periods" provided by electoral legislation between citizens who accessed nationality through the 'grandchildren's law' and "those who are Spaniards for other reasons."
Furthermore, the State's legal services reproach Vox that the "true purpose" of its procedural action is to "eliminate the voting right of Spaniards coming from external exile against the constant will of the legislator since 2007."
The Supreme Court agreed last September to provisionally suspend the application of the 'grandchildren's law' while studying the substance of the appeal, arguing that it was acting in favor of the "transparency" of the elections in light of the increase in the census and because, in its view, the general interests of the State prevail over the voting rights of those who have recently acquired nationality.
In response to that resolution, the Executive filed an appeal understanding that "there is no risk arising from the growth of the CERA" and that such an increase cannot modify the electoral outcome "by pure mathematics."
In its writing, the State Attorney's Office requests the Administrative Litigation Chamber to annul the suspension and revoke the precautionary measures adopted, also warning that several consulates are having problems reviewing all the files within the established deadlines.