Ángel Gabilondo's office filed the appeal on Friday, 16 October, and asked the Constitutional Court for 'medidas cautelarísimas' and a ruling on the Supreme Court's interpretation.
The Supreme Court chamber confirmed on Monday, 12 October that nationalized persons remain barred from voting until they prove their arraigo, affecting 163,000 electors in the CERA census.
ABC reports that the Abogacía del Estado's amparo appeal was rejected for lack of standing, leaving the Ombudsman as the government's remaining route.
Sources at the Constitutional Court told ABC on Wednesday, 14 October, that the Ombudsman's move appeared premature and that the court will not act while the Supreme Court case is open.
Spain's Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, filed an amparo appeal with the Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) on Friday, 16 October. The appeal challenges the suspension of voting rights for nationalized Spaniards under the Democratic Memory law, widely known as the grandchildren law. In a press release, the office said it had asked the court for 'medidas cautelarísimas' and for a ruling on how the Supreme Court has interpreted the law. The office said it acted after receiving several amparo requests from individuals and entities, and after reviewing the Supreme Court chamber's ruling of Monday, 12 October.
The Supreme Court's Contentious-Administrative Chamber confirmed on Monday, 12 October that the suspension stays in place. According to ABC, the suspension covers 163,000 electors removed from the overseas electoral census (CERA) until they prove they were nationalized under the eighth additional provision of the Democratic Memory law. ABC reports that the court rejected reliance on an instruction issued by Sofía Puente that established a presumption of arraigo. The same report says the court's mandate allows only nationalized persons who have justified their arraigo under the law to vote and to be included in the census.
According to ABC, the State Attorney's own amparo appeal was dismissed for lack of standing. The government has not provided figures on individual reviews of the 163,000 files over the last month, a gap the Supreme Court reportedly criticized. ABC says the government sees the Ombudsman's filing as its remaining option to keep those votes in the census ahead of the upcoming elections, though no election date appears in the reporting. Sources at the Constitutional Court told ABC on Wednesday, 14 October, that the Ombudsman's move appeared premature. Those sources said the court does not intend to intervene while the Supreme Court case remains open and has not answered the affected parties who joined it.
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Spain's Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, filed an amparo appeal at the Constitutional Court on Friday, 16 October, against the Supreme Court's decision to keep suspended the voting rights of nationalized Spaniards covered by the so-called grandchildren law.
AI text based on reports by ABC TU DIARIO EN ESPAÑOL, El Confidencial and EL PAÍS. Published .