Citizen Simian?

That's what Spanish Socialists want:

The Spanish Socialist Party will introduce a bill in the Congress of Deputies calling for "the immediate inclusion of (simians) in the category of persons, and that they be given the moral and legal protection that currently are only enjoyed by human beings."

This begs the question (actually it begs a LOT of questions, especially about the rationality of socialists, but anyway): do these socialist whackjobs plan on ape suffrage? Is this some strange socialist plan to garner more votes? Do they not know that apes, once they gain voting rights, will simply form their own splinter party in an attempt to gain worldwide political power and to force slavery and their bizarre socio-political views upon humans? You know, like socialists?