Vox has asked the Partido Popular to set up an investigative committee in the Senate to examine Spain's so-called "ley de nietos," the law governing citizenship claims by descendants of Spanish emigrants, according to BURGOSconecta.
The request lands amid a widening dispute over the law's implementation. El Mundo reports that Moncloa and Ferraz reacted sharply to judges who suspended the measure, with figures in the government and the Socialist Party using terms such as "jueces salvapatrias," "lobos solitarios" and the argument that "independencia no es inmunidad."
The Junta Electoral Central has moved to comply with a Supreme Court ruling on the law, El Confidencial reports, and will now bring consulates into the process. EL PAÍS describes the electoral board as divided as it accepted the court's mandate.
Separately, El Español reports that the Junta Electoral has ordered that irregular entries in the census of people covered by the "ley de nietos" be broken down and itemised.
The law concerns citizenship applications from people whose ancestors left Spain, and the current conflict centres on how those applications and the associated census records are being handled.
What to watch next is whether the PP agrees to Vox's proposed Senate committee and how the consulates act once the electoral board's instructions take effect.
