Spanish consulates complain to Albares over IT chaos with political exile applications
Spain's Foreign Ministry promised the tool in two to five weeks and the deadline passed without notice. Consulates cannot upload data under the grandchildren law.
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Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs promised consulates a tool to upload data under the grandchildren law (a Spanish nationality law for descendants of Spaniards) within two to five weeks, and has failed to deliver. Without that system, the diplomatic missions cannot send the certifications and newly naturalized citizens are left off the electoral roll.
The state's digital transformation is advancing at the pace of a counter window. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs promised its consulates an IT tool to upload data under the grandchildren law and has broken that promise. The deadline was two to five weeks. Since then, silence is the only thing that has arrived.
## The promise that ended up as a PDF
On Wednesday, the **Constitutional Court** (Spain's highest court for constitutional matters) rejected the Ombudsman's request for protection so that beneficiaries of the grandchildren law could vote on **November 29**. The decision prevents the newly naturalized from taking part in the general election, but not all of them. The **Supreme Court** clarified in September, in its first judicial ruling that suspended the electoral roll under the controversial law, that those who can document with records that their parents or grandparents suffered political exile will be able to cast their vote in the election.
The PDF of the certification model reached the consulates within **48 hours**, but with a caveat: it could not be submitted until a purpose-built IT tool was enabled. The department headed by **José Manuel Albares** said it would be active "within two to five weeks." That has not peine. "Since that moment, there has been a deathly silence," one consul complains.
## No connection to DICIREG
The tool was supposed to connect with the Justice Ministry's **DICIREG** application, which allows files to be processed electronically, civil status records to be registered digitally and online requests to be managed. Without that connection, the diplomatic missions have no way to upload the data each of them handles under the grandchildren law. Over the past few weeks, the consulates general have complained to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the IT chaos created since then.
The result is an administrative paradox: legal recognition advances through the courts while the infrastructure that was supposed to make it possible still does not exist. Newly naturalized citizens who can document their parents' or grandparents' political exile have the right to vote on **November 29**. The system to register them does not.
## An electoral roll that depends on an Excel file
For now, the promise of a bespoke tool has come down to a folder for uploading Excel files. Albares's department has missed the deadline without giving a new date. The consulates are still waiting for instructions while the electoral calendar ticks away.
The situation affects a group that had already seen the **Supreme Court** suspend the electoral roll under the grandchildren law in September. The **Constitutional Court**'s decision this Wednesday closes the protection route for voting on **November 29**, except for those who can document their family's political exile. Caution is essential: anyone affected should consult a legal professional before taking their right to vote for granted.
The state's digital transformation is advancing at the pace of a counter window. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs promised its consulates an IT tool to upload data under the grandchildren law and has broken that promise. The deadline was two to five weeks. Since then, silence is the only thing that has arrived.
## The promise that ended up as a PDF
On Wednesday, the **Constitutional Court** (Spain's highest court for constitutional matters) rejected the Ombudsman's request for protection so that beneficiaries of the grandchildren law could vote on **November 29**. The decision prevents the newly naturalized from taking part in the general election, but not all of them. The **Supreme Court** clarified in September, in its first judicial ruling that suspended the electoral roll under the controversial law, that those who can document with records that their parents or grandparents suffered political exile will be able to cast their vote in the election.
The PDF of the certification model reached the consulates within **48 hours**, but with a caveat: it could not be submitted until a purpose-built IT tool was enabled. The department headed by **José Manuel Albares** said it would be active "within two to five weeks." That has not peine. "Since that moment, there has been a deathly silence," one consul complains.
## No connection to DICIREG
The tool was supposed to connect with the Justice Ministry's **DICIREG** application, which allows files to be processed electronically, civil status records to be registered digitally and online requests to be managed. Without that connection, the diplomatic missions have no way to upload the data each of them handles under the grandchildren law. Over the past few weeks, the consulates general have complained to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the IT chaos created since then.
The result is an administrative paradox: legal recognition advances through the courts while the infrastructure that was supposed to make it possible still does not exist. Newly naturalized citizens who can document their parents' or grandparents' political exile have the right to vote on **November 29**. The system to register them does not.
## An electoral roll that depends on an Excel file
For now, the promise of a bespoke tool has come down to a folder for uploading Excel files. Albares's department has missed the deadline without giving a new date. The consulates are still waiting for instructions while the electoral calendar ticks away.
The situation affects a group that had already seen the **Supreme Court** suspend the electoral roll under the grandchildren law in September. The **Constitutional Court**'s decision this Wednesday closes the protection route for voting on **November 29**, except for those who can document their family's political exile. Caution is essential: anyone affected should consult a legal professional before taking their right to vote for granted.
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