The Minister of Justice, Presidency and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, accused this Tuesday the PP and Vox of “cutting the right to vote by mail” by “sowing doubts” about the electoral process, a strategy that, he affirmed, is part of the discourse of the “far-right” in different countries and that, in Spain, both formations share.
Bolaños has maintained that this offensive is not limited to questioning the cleanliness of electoral systems, but seeks to restrict a right used, among others, by “workers” who work on election day, “students who are away from home” or people with mobility problems who prefer to go to a Post Office “accompanied with more tranquility”.
“There has always been mail voting in Spain”
The head of Justice insisted that “there has always been mail voting in Spain” and that “there has never been any problem,” while recalling that the PP governs in 11 autonomous communities through elections in which people also voted by mail. “It’s very delusional,” he summarized.
In that vein, Bolaños reproached the popular party for “buying the discourse of the global far-right,” in a dynamic in which, in his opinion, the PP and Vox compete to raise the tone. “Let’s see who says the biggest lie,” the minister criticized.
The appeal regarding the CERA and the request to the Supreme Court
Félix Bolaños also alluded to the precautionary measure adopted by the Supreme Court (TS), which has suspended the vote of people registered in the Electoral Census of Absent Residents (CERA) who obtained nationality through the additional provision of the Democratic Memory Law.
On this issue, the minister explained that the High Court is deliberating an appeal filed by the State Attorney's Office on behalf of the Government, and has asked the TS to resolve “the merits of the matter” as soon as possible within the framework of the “Grandchildren's Law,” because, he warned, one cannot go to an election with a census that is “clearly altered.”
Bolaños also stressed that this is a decision that can only be adopted with a “final judgment” and not through precautionary measures, which is why he demanded that the matter “be resolved and settled” “as soon as possible.”