Iustitia Europa asks the Supreme Court to expel two associations from the procedure regarding the grandchildren's law

The Law 20/2022, of October 19, on Democratic Memory, is already approved and published: it is not a bill pending parliamentary approval. As of October 16, 2026, it is necessary to distinguish its validity, the application of its additional provisions, and the processing of subsequent reforms. The most relevant parliamentary news is that the reform bill on compensations expired on October 6, 2026, while the decree-law from which it originated had been ratified.

Status of the law and its reform

The law was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on October 20, 2022. Therefore, its original legislative procedure is completed; its additional provisions are part of the approved norm, they are not initiatives that must be approved separately. The text includes an erratum published on February 7, 2023. The main reference is the text of the law.

Subsequently, the Royal Decree-Law 6/2026, of March 3, amended the law to recognize compensations for death or disabling injuries linked to the defense and vindication of democracy. It was published on March 4 and the Congress ratified it on March 26, 2026; it also agreed to process it as a bill.

That bill, with file number 121/000090, had the following course:

• The text was published on April 13, 2026, opening the amendment period.
• The total amendments were published on April 29; the deadline for amendments to the articles was successively extended until September 30.
• The procedure expired on October 6. It did not culminate in a new law: the expiration of the bill does not equate to the repeal of the ratified decree-law.

What happens with the additional provisions

The consulted text contains twenty additional provisions, after incorporating the one related to compensations. Their situation must be understood according to their content:

• First to fourth: regulate compatibility of actions, procedures on mortal remains in Cuelgamuros, review of police and Civil Guard decorations, and access to death registers. These are legal provisions whose execution does not constitute another parliamentary procedure.
• Fifth to seventh: contemplate the extinction of foundations, withdrawal of public utility status, and promotion of a reform on the dissolution of associations. This last mandate should not be confused with an already approved reform: its completion is not recorded in the consulted material.
• Eighth to tenth: address acquisition of Spanish nationality, goods seized abroad, and data protection. The eighth provides an option period and allows the Council of Ministers to agree on a one-year extension; this authorization does not require re-approval of the provision.
• Eleventh to sixteenth: include recognition of those affected by poliovirus, memory of the Roma people, archives of democratic presidencies, territorial cooperation, and technical studies on economic reparation and rights violations until 1983.
• Seventeenth to nineteenth: refer to the San Cristóbal Fort, the transfer of the Palacio de la Cumbre, and restitutions to political parties.
• Twentieth: includes the compensatory recognition introduced in 2026, different from the subsequently expired bill.

In conclusion: the law does not await parliamentary approval. What is pending must be identified as administrative execution, regulatory development, or fulfillment of specific mandates; the consulted sources do not allow attributing an individual execution degree to all its additional provisions.

The Central Electoral Board (JEC) is the highest and permanent body of the Spanish electoral administration. Its mission is to guarantee the transparency and objectivity of the electoral process and the principle of equality. Its powers are mainly set out in the Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime (LOREG), especially in its article 19, and are complemented by other electoral provisions.

Direction and interpretation of the regulations

The JEC ensures that electoral legislation is applied with uniform criteria. To do this, it may:

• Issue mandatory instructions for the provincial electoral boards and, when they exist, those of autonomous communities.
• Resolve queries raised by the boards and unify their interpretative criteria.
• Revoke ex officio decisions of lower boards when they oppose its interpretation of electoral regulations.
• Resolve queries from authorities and public administrations under legally established terms.

These powers allow clarifying issues about candidacies, propaganda, voting, or counting. However, its instructions cannot modify the law nor replace powers attributed to other bodies.

Supervision of the census and voting

The JEC directs and supervises the actions of the Electoral Census Office. It also interprets and supervises rules on postal voting and voting from abroad, including documentation, its sending and custody, and any incidents that may arise.

The supervision of material management must be distinguished: the Electoral Census Office manages the census and mailings; the polling stations receive and count votes, and the territorial boards carry out their corresponding actions. The JEC does not personally execute all these operations.

Campaign, institutional neutrality, and media

The Board ensures compliance with electoral limits applicable to public powers. According to article 50 of the LOREG, it controls that institutional communication is not used to favor candidacies, disseminate management achievements, or carry out inaugurations prohibited during the electoral period.

Regarding information, article 66 assigns it functions to guarantee pluralism and the principles required of public media and, to a different extent, private media. It can hear complaints about electoral coverage, interviews, and debates. It also intervenes in the distribution of free propaganda spaces in public media.

Likewise, it controls compliance with rules on electoral polls, including their technical requirements and temporal restrictions on publication and dissemination.

Appeals, claims, and sanctions

The JEC resolves appeals attributed to it by legislation against agreements of other boards, as well as certain claims related to counting and other electoral incidents. Not all controversies go through it: some acts have specific judicial channels.

It may exercise disciplinary power over those who officially intervene in electoral operations and impose sanctions for electoral infractions within its competence. This power is subject to guarantees of the sanctioning procedure. It does not impose penalties for electoral crimes, which correspond to the courts.

Results, credentials, and other processes

In elections to the European Parliament, its intervention is direct in the proclamation of candidacies, allocation of seats, and proclamation of elected candidates. It also performs functions of publishing results and issuing credentials when legally appropriate, especially in substitutions and vacancies.

In elections to the Congress and Senate, the general counting ordinarily corresponds to the provincial boards, not the JEC. Additionally, it exercises electoral administration functions in referendums according to their specific regulations.

In short, the JEC supervises, interprets, and administratively guarantees electoral legality, but it is not a court. Its decisions are subject to judicial review and do not replace the contentious-electoral appeal against the proclamation of elected candidates.

The career of Luis María Pardo combines an initial stage in the Navy and the Civil Guard, a professional reconversion towards lawyering, and a growing presence in judicial proceedings of political impact. His main milestones are legal training while working in Italy, professional practice between both countries, his participation in litigation during the pandemic, and the presidency of Iustitia Europa, from which he also made the electoral leap.

From security forces to lawyering

Before practicing as a lawyer, Pardo joined the Navy at a young age and later moved to the Civil Guard, where he stayed for approximately twelve years. In an interview with Demócrata, published on October 4, 2026, he explained that he left his position in the Administration to start a new life in Italy.

There he worked for seven years as a taxi driver while studying Law, according to his own account. His professional biography places his studies at the UNED and highlights an honors degree in International Law. Later he completed the master's degree for access to the legal profession. This transition constitutes the most significant change in his career path: from public service to legal practice.

Professional practice and specialization

Pardo is registered as a lawyer in the Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid and develops professional activity linked to Spain and Italy. His professional website presents a practice focused on procedural, criminal, administrative, labor, and international law, as well as civil and family matters.

Within this activity, he stands out for directing procedures, cassation appeals, challenges to administrative actions, and cross-border conflicts. His office also offers assistance in recognition of foreign rulings, nationality, inheritance, and family. These specialties come from his professional presentation; they do not alone equate to independent accreditation of judicial results.

Notoriety during the pandemic

His public profile increased during the COVID-19 pandemic due to his participation in actions against certain restrictions and administrative measures. He was linked to the Liberum Association, from which he later dissociated, according to the profile published by The Objective in May 2024.

A concrete example of this activity was the claim for patrimonial liability filed in May 2022 before the Ministry of Health on behalf of a young man who suffered myocarditis after vaccination. The claim amounted to two million euros. The April 2024 information described a procedure still without a final resolution, not a compensation obtained.

Iustitia Europa and causes of public relevance

Another milestone was the founding of Iustitia Europa in September 2023, together with Luis Jiménez, and his presidency. In 2024 he led its candidacy for the European elections. The organization also became a vehicle for his judicial activity, especially through popular accusations: interventions in criminal proceedings without needing to be the directly harmed person.

His media presence grew with cases related to Begoña Gómez and the Koldo case, documented by Infobae in October 2024. Later, Demócrata covered the participation of the formation in proceedings about David Sánchez, Plus Ultra, and Ceuta, among others. It is always advisable to distinguish the intervention of Pardo or his organization from the decisions made by the courts.

The electoral leap of 2026

At the end of September 2026, he was proclaimed candidate of Iustitia Europa for the Presidency of the Government, with a candidacy planned only for Madrid, according to the Demócrata report. This step marks a new stage: combining the practice of law and public interest litigation with the leadership of a political formation.