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The Constitutional Court has rejected the Ombudsman's appeal against the suspension of the 'grandchildren's law' census with a decisive vote of 10-2, highlighting the fracture within the progressive bloc of the court. #LeyDeNietos #TribunalConstitucional #DefensorDelPueblo (translated)

The Constitutional Court has rejected the appeal for protection from the Ombudsman regarding the 'grandchildren's law' as premature, thus maintaining the suspension of the right to vote for the grandchildren of exiles who acquired nationality through a Supreme Court instruction. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #DefensorDelPueblo (translated)

Pablo Haro Urquízar wrote that the Constitutional Court had rejected what he described as a maneuver by the Ombudsman to save the "grandchildren's law" on November 29. He also described the appeal as clumsy and stated that the result had been 10 to 2. https://t.co/PW0FWbyawn #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #Justicia (translated)

An Argentine citizen naturalized by the 'grandchildren's law' has requested the Constitutional Court to be able to vote in the general elections on November 29, joining the appeal from the Ombudsman to annul the precautionary measures of the Supreme Court that affect voters of the CERA. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAlVoto #DefensorDelPueblo (translated)

The Ombudsman's appeal regarding the 'grandchildren's law' has caused a division in the progressive sector of the Constitutional Court, highlighting differences in opinion among magistrates about its admission and the impact it would have on the suspension of the census imposed by the Supreme Court. #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The amparo appeal of the Ombudsman before the Constitutional Court regarding the 'grandchildren's law' has a precedent from 1984, where the process was abandoned acknowledging that its intervention was merely preventive and subsidiary, given that those affected had already exercised their right to appear. #DefensordelPueblo #LeydeNietos #AmparoPreventivo (translated)

The speaker of the appeal of the Ombudsman opposes the admission of the protection concerning the 'grandchildren's law' considering it "premature," since the judicial route has not yet been exhausted and the Supreme Court still holds the possibility of modifying the precautionary measures. #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The speaker of the Constitutional Court considers the Ombudsman's appeal regarding the CERA vote premature and requests its rejection, arguing that the ordinary judicial route remains open and that the lack of administrative diligence does not justify bypassing the current legal procedures. #TribunalConstitucional #DefensordelPueblo #VotoCERA (translated)

The internal report of the Constitutional Court suggests rejecting the appeal of the Ombudsman regarding the 'grandchildren's law', arguing that it is premature since there is still the possibility of a ruling from the ordinary jurisdiction. #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The link between being Spanish and the right to vote is indissoluble. Gabilondo also points out that "the exclusion of Spanish nationality for those who took advantage of the Instruction is a disputed issue, sub iudice, there is no ruling, while "the right to vote for all Spaniards is not a disputed issue: it is a constitutional certainty." #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The full Plenary of the Constitutional Court will rule on the admission of the appeal from the Ombudsman regarding the 'grandchildren's law,' after the president of the section decided to refer the matter to the twelve magistrates of the Court upon observing a lack of unanimity in her section. #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The Manos Limpias union has reported the Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, to the Supreme Court for filing an appeal before the Constitutional Court related to the 'grandchildren's law', accusing him of trying to evade a court ruling and committing fraud of law. #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #ManosLimpias (translated)

The Constitutional Court has decided to leave the decision on the appeal for protection by the Ombudsman regarding the 'grandchildren's law' in the hands of the Plenary, considering that the request submitted is premature. #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

Isabel Durán stated that the Ombudsman had assured her that she could not appeal while the case was still sub iudice, but that four days later she requested the Constitutional Court the same thing that CeDEU had demanded. She also recalled that Gabilondo had told El Debate a week earlier that the Ombudsman could not appeal under those circumstances. Durán accused Sofía Puente of opening the way for consulates to grant nationalities and maintained that new voters appeared in municipalities and constituencies where, according to her, they could help Pedro Sánchez change seats in Congress. She described the situation as a “demographic miracle of Sanchismo” and asserted that the State Attorney's Office, the Prosecutor’s Office, and the Ombudsman intervened so that people who, as she wrote, had obtained nationality through the “grandchildren’s law,” which she labeled as false, could vote. https://t.co/7y6dcJXAmY #Política #DefensorDelPueblo #Elecciones (translated)

The article analyzes the suspicions of political manipulation behind the 'grandchildren's law' in Spain, suggesting a concerted effort between the Moncloa, the ombudsman, and the constitutional court that could influence the upcoming elections, generating distrust in the legitimacy of the electoral process. #LeyDeNietos #DefensorDelPueblo #Elecciones2026 (translated)

Regarding those who may be particularly interested, Ángel Gabilondo asks the Constitutional Court to suspend in an extremely precautionary manner (without hearing from the parties) the precautionary measure of the Supreme Court, an unprecedented situation. #DefensordelPueblo #DerechosFundamentales #LeyDeNietos (translated)