Minister Óscar López charges against the Supreme Court for the decision affecting the 'grandchildren's law': accuses some judges of being "saviors of the homeland"

The Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López, has attended an interview on TVE's La hora de la 1 where he criticized the latest decision of the Supreme Court regarding the precautionary suspension of new registrations in the Electoral Census of Absent Residents (CERA) of those who have acquired nationality under the so-called grandchildren's law.

In this regard, the minister has described the high court's move as a "savagery" and a "democratic outrage". "There are judges who are saviors of the homeland" and are intent on "overthrowing the Government," López stated in response to questions from journalist Silvia Intxaurrondo.

However, he defended the work of judges but criticized the "judicial sectors that insist on bringing down the Government every day."

López acusa al Supremo de actuar "sin criterio jurídico" y proceder "en contra" de leyes aprobadas por el Parlamento: "Estoy muy preocupado por una derecha que ha perdido los papeles (…) y preocupado porque haya sectores, lobos solitarios que atienden la llamada de Aznar" pic.twitter.com/I6rQPnInMq

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Óscar López has rejected the PP's accusations about a supposed intention of the Government to modify the electoral census through nationalizations linked to the so-called 'grandchildren's law'. The minister considers that this approach responds to a conspiracy theory promoted by the right and the far-right.

As an argument, he referred to the 2023 general elections and the voting behavior of Spaniards residing abroad. López recalled that the CERA count ended up affecting a PSOE seat for Madrid, which forced the Government to count on the favorable vote of Junts for the investiture. As he explained, had they kept that deputy, the abstention of the independence party would have been enough. "The last time the CERA was voted in this country, it benefited the PP," he added.

From there, the minister directed his criticism towards the Supreme Court. López questioned the high court's intervention on laws approved by the Cortes and accused some of its members of acting as "saviors of the homeland" and of doing "the impossible to overthrow this Government." In this context, he assured: "No one is going to get Aznar's cry out of my head that whoever can do it, should do it."

López has also linked his criticisms to the management of the Catalan independence conflict. He pointed out that the process occurred during a PP Executive and reproached the popular party for subsequently moving the issue from the political to the judicial sphere.

The minister believes that this change of scenario would not have been accepted by some sectors and maintains that there is discomfort over the PSOE's decision to return the Catalan conflict to the political arena.