The PSOE has rejected this Monday the decision of the Supreme Court to suspend the right to vote of those naturalized by the known as "grandchildren's law," and has blamed PP and Vox for stumbling "again with the stone of Francoism" by trying to "destroy" the suffrage of thousands of Spaniards, descendants of exiles from the Civil War and the dictatorship, ahead of the general elections on November 29.
"Again, PP and Vox take off their mask and stumble again with the stone of Francoism. Their only project is the massive cut of rights," the PSOE has stated in its first reaction after learning of the high court's rejection of the appeal presented by the State Attorney's Office, which requested to allow newly naturalized citizens to vote under this regulation.
According to the socialists, the "reactionary coalition" and the "coalition of cuts" intend to carry their project of "regression" to one of the basic pillars of Spanish democracy: the right to vote. "In a democracy, the right to vote is not prohibited, it is guaranteed. In a democracy, rights are protected, not destroyed as PP and Vox want to do," the party has denounced.
The PSOE maintains that both formations have been demanding to go to the polls for years and, however, now that the electoral date is set "what they want is for people not to vote." They recall that first they questioned voting by mail and the electoral system itself and, subsequently, "they go against" the descendants of those who had to go into exile during Francoism. The Supreme Court has made this decision following requests made by Vox and Iustitia Europa.
"The grandchildren of the exiles of Francoism will not be able to vote and the grandchildren of the Franco regime will? For Feijóo and Abascal, the damage caused by the dictatorship was not enough, but they want to continue punishing the descendants of Spaniards who had to flee Spain to save their lives," the PSOE has reproached, attacking the leaders of PP and Vox.
For the party led by Pedro Sánchez, both Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal share the same political course based on "cuts, resentment, and destroying rights." "They want to end public pensions, labor rights, equality laws, and even the right to vote. They are against everything and everyone," the party has insisted.
In this same line, the secretary of Organization of the PSOE, Rebeca Torró, has emphasized that the "fascist yearning" of PP and Vox "has attacked the cornerstone of democracy: the right to vote." "We are not going to stop denouncing this outrage," she has reiterated on her profile on the social network X, where she has promised to maintain political and social pressure against this judicial decision.