The leader of the Popular Party (PP) and candidate for the Presidency of the Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has stated that the Constitutional Court will not “knowingly dare” to issue an “unjust” resolution on the so-called ‘grandchildren’s law’, after the appeal filed by the Ombudsman following the decision of the Supreme Court to suspend the vote for those naturalized under that norm.
In an interview on the Cope radio station, Feijóo maintained that the High Court has been “very clear” in its pronouncements on this matter and stressed that it is a “very solid” institution, just like the Central Electoral Board (JEC).
The PP leader appeals to the hierarchy of norms
“And I understand that the Constitutional Court will not only go against the Supreme Court and the Electoral Board, but it will not go against the principles and the hierarchy of norms,” said the president of the PP, while defending that an instruction from a general director “cannot in any case modify a law,” as, in his opinion, happens in this case.
Feijóo insisted that, in his view, “it will not dare to do such a blunder,” and added that he sees no risk in this scenario, even given the possibility that the PSOE might challenge the elections.
“I see no risk in this matter”
Asked about that eventual challenge, Alberto Núñez Feijóo recalled that both the Supreme Court and the Central Electoral Board have already ruled, so, in his opinion, they will say the same thing they are saying now. “I see no risk in this matter,” he stated, before emphasizing that it is the head of the Executive who has called the elections.
“I see no risk in this issue, it seems to me that no one in Spain will dare to issue a manifestly unjust resolution, contrary to law, contrary to normative hierarchy, contrary to the two resolutions of the Supreme Court, contrary to the Central Electoral Board,” affirmed the popular leader, to add, again, that the Constitutional Court “will not dare to do such a blunder.”
Review of naturalizations and the right to vote
When asked if the PP will revoke mass naturalizations and separate naturalization from the right to vote, Feijóo expressed his support for acting in that direction and announced that his intention is to strengthen the requirements for obtaining a Spanish passport.
As he explained, this measure would not mean that naturalization immediately entails the right to vote, a position that the popular leader has defended within the framework of the open debate surrounding the so-called ‘grandchildren’s law’.
