El Constitucional pone en manos del Pleno la decisión sobre la admisión del recurso del Defensor del Pueblo sobre la ‘ley de nietos’

The Constitutional Court's Plenary will determine whether to admit a constitutional challenge to the "law of the grandchildren" presented by the National Defender on Friday, according to the source. This development concerns 160,000 Spanish citizens who have been granted voting rights under the controversial legislation. The decision to admit the appeal, initially assigned to Conservative Judge Enrique Arnaldo, will be made by the Plenary following a consensus among the four judges in the fourth section.

The four judges agreed to first assess if the appeal is premature, as there are still multiple avenues of ordinary justice that have not been exhausted, including the Supreme Court, which has suspended the voting rights of nationalized citizens and granted a five-day deadline for affected individuals to file their cases. The Plenary, comprising 12 judges with a progressive majority of 7 to 5, must then address the core issue at hand, as the Supreme Court's rulings are final and not subject to further appeal.

The outcome of this decision will have significant implications, as it directly affects the voting rights of 160,000 Spanish citizens in the upcoming general elections scheduled for November 29th.