The Supreme Court has decided to maintain the precautionary suspension of the known as "grandchildren's law" and has rejected the appeal presented by the Government, which requested to lift this measure to allow those naturalized by this means to vote in the general elections on the upcoming November 29.
The Administrative Litigation Chamber adopted this decision on Monday in two orders to which Europa Press has had access, in which it dismisses the allegations made by the State Attorney against the precautionary measure agreed upon by the Supreme Court itself on September 10.
"It must be adhered to what was agreed in the aforementioned Order, with indication to the National Institute of Statistics, which the Electoral Census Office depends on organically, that cannot register in the Electoral Census of Residents Absent Abroad (CERA) those who have obtained Spanish nationality of origin by exercising the Right of Option provided in the Additional Provision 8.1 First Clause of Law 20/2022, of October 19, of Democratic Memory and have not yet been registered in the Electoral Census due to the application of the suspension agreed upon in the aforementioned order," they state.
The magistrates also specify that, "similarly, regarding those who, having obtained Spanish nationality of origin by exercising the right of option provided in the Additional Provision 8.1 First Clause of Law 20/2022, of October 19, of Democratic Memory, have already been registered in the Electoral Census of Residents Absent Abroad, the suspension of their electoral effects in the electoral process called by Royal Decree 806/2026, of October 5, of elections to general courts is maintained."
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