El Supremo mantiene la suspensión del derecho a voto de los nacionalizados por la 'ley de nietos'

The Supreme Court has maintained the suspension of the voting rights for individuals naturalized through the "law of grandchildren," according to sources at the High Court. The Fourth Chamber of the Contencioso-Administrative Division of the Supreme Court has decided to uphold the precautionary suspension of voting rights for all Spanish nationals who obtained citizenship through this legislative provision, as requested by the European Union and the political party Vox.

The court dismissed the State's appeal to reverse the precautionary measures taken on September 10th concerning entries in the Censo de residentes ausentes en el extranjero (Absent Foreign Residents Census), with the dissenting vote of a single judge among the six members of the chamber. Both the Prosecutor's Office and the State's legal team had asked for the precautionary measures to be lifted due to the impracticality of reviewing nearly 170,000 cases affected by the Supreme Court's decision.

The government's reaction to the Supreme Court's decision has already been apparent, with Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska expressing disappointment during an informal conversation with journalists at the National Day reception. He stated that the State's legal team will now examine whether the precautionary suspension measures by the Supreme Court represent a definitive resolution.