The Spanish Congress held on Wednesday the first session of parliamentary oversight of the Government of the new political year, in which the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, responded to questions from the main opposition leaders. The confrontation focused on the so-called "grandchildren's law," which allows the obtainment of Spanish nationality by children of those exiled during the Civil War and Francoism, the PISA report on education and the migratory crisis in Ceuta.
The leader of the People's Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, used the precautionary suspension of the electoral effects of this provision by the Supreme Court to accuse the Government of intending to "manipulate the electoral census." Feijóo stated that this intention, in his view, "won't work out either," referring to the measure that would allow thousands of people to obtain Spanish nationality and potentially exercise the right to vote.
In addition to Feijóo, Santiago Abascal, leader of Vox, and Gabriel Rufián, from ERC, also posed questions to the President of the Government during this oversight session. The topics addressed included the PISA report on Spanish educational outcomes and the migratory crisis in the autonomous city of Ceuta.
The Supreme Court took the decision to precautionary suspend the electoral effects of this law one day before the oversight session, which intensified the political debate on the matter and gave ammunition to the opposition to question the intentions of Pedro Sánchez's executive.
