Vox has requested before the Supreme Court that the right to vote of the children of those who have obtained nationality through the so-called 'law of grandchildren' be suspended when their parents are subject to the precautionary suspension "for lacking consular certification proving exile".
In its statement of claims, the party argues that the children "must remain subject to the same precautionary regime as their parents, since their access to nationality is based on the prior recognition of the latter's nationality". In its view, "allowing them to vote while the electoral effects of the parent's registration remain suspended would compromise the effectiveness of the measures agreed," the party indicated in a statement, where it also specifies that the requested suspension "would not apply when the parent has the required consular certification".
The Supreme Court agreed this Friday to grant a period of three days to the parties involved in the proceedings on the so-called 'law of grandchildren' to pronounce themselves on the request by Iustitia Europa to extend the precautionary suspension of voting to the descendants of those naturalized through this route.
According to several orders to which Europa Press has had access, the magistrates decide "not to grant ex parte the very urgent precautionary measures requested by the representation of the party".
However, they do decide to "open a hearing process for the parties appearing in the proceedings so that, for a period of three common days, counted from the notification of this resolution", which ends next Wednesday according to consulted legal sources, "they may submit the allegations they consider appropriate in defense of their rights and legitimate interests".
Iustitia Europa had asked the Supreme Court that the children of those who achieved Spanish nationality through the 'law of grandchildren' be identified and that their "electoral effects" be provisionally suspended for those who are registered in the Census of Absentee Residents (CERA).
The formation led by lawyer Luis María Pardo also requested that the precautionary suspension be maintained "until the Administration completes its individual identification, determines the parent from whom each acquisition derives, and specifies the legal route by which this person obtained Spanish nationality".
Vox calls for a "nominal list" and separate custody of votes
In the same filing, Vox also asks that the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice send to the Supreme Court, the Central Electoral Board and the Electoral Census Office, before November 20, "a nominal list of the affected children, with identification of their parents and the supporting documentation of exile".
The party also demands that all its electoral documentation and the envelopes "be kept separately in the consular offices and in the provincial electoral boards, without final counting until their individual verification". In this way, it emphasizes that "if the Supreme Court does not immediately agree to the extension, it demands that the affected persons be identified and that their votes be kept separate until the checks are completed".
Vox denounces "incomplete information" about exile
On the other hand, Vox maintains in its filing that the data provided by the General State Administration "are incomplete" since, according to its analysis, "of the 145,580 records that include information about exile, only 901 --0.62 %-- appear with accredited exile". It adds that "another 17,775 records from Buenos Aires lack information that would allow this point to be verified".
Given this situation, the party asks the Supreme Court to order the Administration to provide "the individual exile certificates, to complete the information from the Buenos Aires records and the missing identifying data, and to clean up the duplicates and discrepancies in the figures for those affected".