Editorial: El Mundo

• The Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the registrations in the Electoral Census of Absent Residents who obtained nationality through the law of grandchildren.
• The law of grandchildren allows obtaining nationality by exile to people who left Spain between 1936 and 1955, without needing to prove that status.
• The Government expanded the scope of the Democratic Memory Law by an interpretation of the General Directorate of Legal Security and Public Faith.
• The High Court has requested the Electoral Census Office to provide a detail of the case files covered by this presumption.
• The ruling stops the possibility of 2.3 million 'grandchildren' being incorporated into the electoral body in a hasty manner.
• The decision was a win for Vox and Iustitia Europa, who contested the Government's and Prosecutor's Office's viewpoint.

Conclusion: With its decision, the Supreme Court is safeguarding legal security and trust in the electoral process, which should never be threatened by administrative interpretations that look for shortcuts to processes established by law.

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