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Central Electoral Board accepts Supreme Court decision on naturalized citizens' registry amid division
The body decided to comply with the Supreme Court order and, by a narrow majority, not to appeal it. According to El País, most board members questioned the suspension of the vote of thousands of naturalized citizens without a prior hearing for objections.
The Central Electoral Board decided to comply with the Supreme Court order on the registry of naturalized citizens under the so-called law of grandchildren, although it did so amid deep internal division, according to El País.
According to that outlet, the body agreed to comply with the clarifications requested by the high court, but without advancing “any interpretation or filling in the gaps observed” in the judicial ruling, according to sources present at the meeting.
Still according to El País, a narrow majority of seven board members to six also decided not to file an appeal against the Supreme Court order. However, almost all those present considered it an “excess” that the suspension of the voting rights of thousands of naturalized citizens had been ordered without hearing them or giving them the opportunity to submit objections.
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