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The CIS requests the State Attorney's Office to appeal the JEC agreement, regarding the PP complaint
Madrid, 07 May 2024
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- The Sociological Research Center (CIS) did not receive any notification yesterday from the Central Electoral Board about the file and/or the sanctions that have been mentioned in some social media. This agreement was formally known today, May 7, at 12:42 p.m.
- The CIS learned through social media that such actions were due to a complaint from the Popular Party.
- The CIS has not breached article 69.8 of the LOREG, nor instruction 1/2024 of February 1, 2024, which is referred to in the JEC's written action. In the aforementioned CIS flash survey, voting intentions were asked about the intention to vote in the case of a supposed general election, but voting intentions were not asked about the elections in Catalonia, nor for the European elections. It must be remembered that there are currently no general elections called, nor, therefore, is there any obligation for the CIS regarding the electoral periods of this type of election.
- The reported survey includes, like others carried out by the CIS, several common questions about voting intention, ideological self-location, level of education, religious beliefs, employment situation, size of habitat, etc.
- In all monthly barometers, the CIS asks a question about voting intention. This question is similar to the one included in the Flash Survey on the Spanish political situation. And, despite having been carried out during the electoral period of the Galician and Basque elections, it has not been the subject of questioning, nor has it been understood as an activity that could affect the objectivity or transparency of any of them. This center does not understand the difference that can exist in elections whose call has nothing to do with the question asked.
- In any case, as stipulated in article 69.8 of the LOREG, the CIS publishes the results of its surveys immediately and in a completely transparent manner, and on the occasion in question said data could be consulted on the CIS website from on Monday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m. That is, much less time than the 48 business hours required by the LOREG.
- Given the existing situation, the CIS has asked the State Attorney's Office to file a contentious administrative appeal against the agreement of the Central Electoral Board of May 6, 2024.
