Resumen de Inconstitucionalidad de la exclusión del derecho de voto del art. 13 inc. 2 y 3 de la Ley federal electoral de Alemania

Gonzalo Dell'Orsi

• español

  El Tribunal Constitucional Federal Alemán declaró la inconstitucionalidad del art. 13 inc. 2 y 3 de la ‘Ley Federal Electoral’, por considerar que dicha normativa vulneraba el derecho constitucional del voto universal, reglamentado en el artículo 38, inc. 1, primera oración de la ‘Ley fundamental para la República Federal Alemana’, y el principio de no discriminación por discapacidad, reglamentado en el artículo 3, inc. 3 segunda oración de este último cuerpo normativo.

    The German Federal Constitutional Court declared the unconstitutionality of sections 13, sub-sections 2 and 3 of the Federal Electoral Law, on the grounds that such legislation violated the constitutional right to universal suffrage, regulated in section 38, sub-section 1, first sentence of the Germans National Constitution, and the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, regulated in section 3, sub-section 3, second sentence of the Germans National Constitution   [1] En alemán Bundeswahlgesetz (BWahlG).

  [2] En alemán Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (GG).

• English

  The German Federal Constitutional Court declared the unconstitutionality of sections 13, sub-sections 2 and 3 of the Federal Electoral Law, on the grounds that such legisla-tion violated the constitutional right to universal suffrage, regulated in section 38, sub-section 1, first sentence of the Germans National Constitution, and the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, regulated in section 3, sub-section 3, second sentence of the Germans National Constitution.