Fewer than 1% of grandchildren's certificates issued, Supreme Court figures show

Of 31,390 files reviewed, Spain's Supreme Court has issued 91 certificates, 0.28%. It is the figure that MEP Jorge Buxadé (Vox) calls a "fraud against the law" and "electoral fraud in instalments".

The figure was brought up by **Jorge Buxadé**, a Vox MEP, in a post on X: the Spanish Supreme Court's ruling, as he reads it, shows that of **31,390 files reviewed** only **91 certificates** have been issued. That is **0.28%**. It took him less than 24 hours to have his proof, according to his message.

## What the Supreme Court ruling actually says

The figure Buxadé cites comes from a ruling by the **Tribunal Supremo** (Spain's Supreme Court), notified according to his own post. The text refers to files reviewed and certificates issued: two different figures that should not be confused. A reviewed file is not a granted certificate, and the percentage resulting from dividing 91 by 31,390 is the **0.28%** he himself highlights.

Buxadé calls the result a "scandal", a "fraud against the law" and "electoral fraud in instalments". Those are his words, not a judicial assessment. The ruling, as he quotes it, contains no such judgement.

## Why the proportion matters

The gap between what was reviewed and what was certified is the core of the matter. If only **91 certificates** come out of **31,390 files**, the ratio is roughly one certificate per **345 files**. It is this disproportion that Buxadé turns into a political argument: he demands "a sufficient majority to reverse it in a minute".

The context is the review of files linked to certifications, an issue that has crept into the campaign. Buxadé does not detail in his message how many files remain pending or what the review criteria are.

## The demand for a majority and the electoral context

The closing of the message is explicit: "Give us a sufficient majority to reverse it in a minute". Buxadé ties the figure to a parliamentary majority that would allow the situation to be changed. It is a request for votes, not a description of the ruling.

It is worth separating what the ruling says from what the MEP concludes. The **0.28%** is arithmetic based on two cited figures. "Electoral fraud" is a political accusation that requires proof and does not appear in the ruling.