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A historical collapse in the Spanish consulates, especially in Buenos Aires, has been caused by the avalanche of 2.4 million nationality applications under the 'grandchildren's law', accumulating huge mountains of documents and generating long waits in an overwhelmed system. #LeyDeNietos #ColapsoConsular #NacionalidadEspañola (translated)

The Popular Party pointed out that the Grandchildren's Law allowed the children and grandchildren of political exiles to request nationality. It stated that the PSOE had naturalized the great-grandson of a Spaniard who emigrated to Mexico in the 19th century for economic reasons and wished for him to vote on November 29. It also asked if that case helped to understand the Supreme Court's decision. #LeyDeNietos #ExiliadosPolíticos #NacionalidadEspañola (translated)

Lupe Sánchez argued that if the Constitutional Court admitted the appeal and granted the highly precautionary measure, it would be validating - instead of protecting rights - what he described as the greatest democratic fraud in history. He shared an article titled "Grandchildren's Law: the perfect electoral crime." https://t.co/3Dr06Yl0cQ #FraudeDemocrático #Derechos #LeyDeNietos (translated)

The jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court is very broad because nothing that affects a fundamental right is foreign to the TC. The president of the Constitutional Court, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, referred to this issue last Wednesday during his speech at the Vanguard Forums and explained that "the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court is very broad because nothing that affects a fundamental right is foreign to the TC. But we have a limit: we can only intervene when the ordinary jurisdiction has concluded its processing. A protection appeal regarding the 'grandchildren's law' may arrive, but only after the Supreme Court has completed its processing," he pointed out. #LeyDeNietos #DerechosFundamentales #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, has acknowledged that it will be "very difficult" for the consulates to verify in time who obtained nationality under the regulation and whether they are descendants of exiles. #LeyDeNietos #DerechosFundamentales #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The full Plenary of the Constitutional Court will meet on Wednesday to decide whether to admit the appeal from the Ombudsman regarding the 'grandchildren's law', which aims to prevent the suspension of the voting rights of the descendants of Francoist exiles in the upcoming general elections on November 29. #LeyDeNietos #DerechosFundamentales #TribunalConstitucional (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 Constitutional Court will debate this week on the request from the Ombudsman to lift the suspension of the voting rights of those naturalized through the 'grandchildren's law', potentially affecting 160,000 people before the elections on November 29. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #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 Plenary of the Constitutional Court will decide on the admission of the appeal from the Ombudsman that seeks to restore the voting rights of 160,000 Spaniards affected by the 'grandchildren's law', amid the urgency of the upcoming general elections. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAlVoto #TribunalConstitucional (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)

For us, it will not be left. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, acknowledged this Monday that it will be "very difficult" for the consulates to verify in time who obtained citizenship under the so-called 'grandchildren's law' and are descendants of exiles so that they can vote in the elections on November 29, as requested by the Supreme Court. #LeyDeNietos #VotoExterior #Elecciones2026 (translated)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has admitted that it will be very difficult for the consulates to verify in time who can vote on November 29 under the 'grandchildren's law', despite the efforts made to comply with the request of the Supreme Court. #LeyDeNietos #VotoExterior #Elecciones2026 (translated)

Teresa Gómez described as extraordinary a case in which, as she wrote, nationality was granted to a man whose father and grandparents were Mexican, claiming that his great-grandfather was from Burgos and was born in 1920. She argued that the Law of Grandchildren applied to children and grandchildren, not to great-grandchildren, and stated that the man had been informed that he did not meet the requirements, yet he still retained the nationality. #Nacionalidad #México #LeyDeNietos (translated)

Lupe Sánchez stated that the so-called "Grandchildren's Law" would allow for the fraudulent inflation of the census through registrations that appeared legal based on already granted nationality. He described this mechanism as an electoral fraud that, he wrote, would be completed before the polls opened and would leave no trace in them. https://t.co/W3BPWXC393 #Censo #CrimenElectoral #LeyDeNietos (translated)