The Supreme Court rejects suspending the vote for the beneficiaries of the Law of Grandchildren living in Spain

The Supreme Court rejected on Friday, October 30, the extension of the precautionary suspension of the vote for beneficiaries of the Grandchildren's Law residing in Spain, as reported by El Mundo. The decision responds to a request from Iustitia Europa in relation to the general elections on November 29.

The Administrative Court rejected the extension of the measure to naturalized citizens registered in the electoral census of residents in Spain (CER), as well as to their children. The order mentioned by the newspaper states that the request "concerns issues that are not part of the subject of this appeal."

The rejection of this expansion also includes Cubans who obtained Spanish nationality through this route and are listed in the CER. The decision does not imply lifting the precautionary restrictions affecting certain naturalized individuals registered in the census of Spaniards residing abroad (CERA).

Pending the decision regarding descendants abroad

In a second provision, the Supreme Court gave the parties three days to submit arguments before deciding whether to extend the suspension to the descendants of those who obtained nationality through that regulation.

Iustitia Europa had requested that the measure be adopted without first hearing from the parties. The court rejected that approach and decided to process the request as a precautionary measure, therefore the request concerning the descendants registered in the CERA remains pending resolution.

The group, chaired by Luis María Pardo, presented its documents on October 27 and 28. It argued that previous resolutions had not explicitly addressed the situation of naturalized residents in Spain or that of the children of the beneficiaries.

The request to extend the restrictions to adult children of naturalized citizens, made on October 27, pertains to those who obtained citizenship through Annex III of the Democratic Memory Law, known as the Grandchildren's Law.

In that request, Iustitia Europa suggested that the votes of the affected voters be accepted but kept separate and uncounted until their records were verified. They also proposed as an alternative to limit the measure to the children of parents who were included in the previous restrictions.