Questão jurídica principal
Whether the rejection of a naturalization application without reasons violated the right to be heard under Art. 29(2) BV.
Decisão extraída
Yes. A negative naturalization decision must be reasoned; where the assembly held no discussion and gave no reasons, the constitutional requirement was not met.
Fundamentação extraída
For refused naturalizations, the reasons must normally emerge from the discussion. If no discussion takes place, there is generally no reasoning and it cannot later be created. Here, despite the council's detailed proposal, nobody spoke at the assembly, so the decision lacked the required reasoning.