eight ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) will present their resignation for the reform of the Judiciarywhich is already part of the text of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (CPEUM).
Although it was first reported that there would be 7 ministers who would resign, new versions confirm that Norma Piña, minister president of the SCJN, would join the resignations, being like this 8 ministers in total.
The editorial director of El Heraldo de México, Alfredo González, revealed that 7 ministers of the SCJN They will present their resignation on Tuesday, October 29, which will become effective from August 2025; Only 4 ministers would remain in office, according to this information.
It should be said that, just today, Monday, October 28, the ministro javier lainez potisek He stated in the space of Ciro Gómez Leyva of Grupo Formula that the SCJN has not given up, but this instance only has to wait for the resolution of the controversies and unconstitutionality actions against the reform of the Judiciary.
SCJN: Who are the other 8 ministers who would resign on Tuesday, October 29?
According to what was said about the SCJN, 8 of 11 ministers will present their resignation on Tuesday, October 29 so that this becomes effective in August 2025.
- Luis María Aguilar Morales
- Jorge Mario Pardo Rebolledo
- Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena
- Alberto Pérez Dayán
- Javier Láynez Print
- Juan Luis González Alcántara Carrancá
- Ana Margarita Ríos Farjat
- Norma Lucia Piña Hernández
With the resignation of the 8 SCJN ministers, only 3 ministers would remain in office. It is about:
- Yasmín Esquivel Mossa
- Loretta Ortiz Ahlf
- Lenia Batres Guadarrama
SCJN: Norma Piña would also resign from her position due to reform of the Judiciary
A new version points out that Norma Piña will also resign as minister president of the SCJN before the imposition of the reform of the Judiciary.
In this way, it emerged that there will be 8 ministers in total who not only decline to participate in the election of judges in 2025, but also definitively resign from the SCJN.
SCJN: The rumor of the resignation of 8 ministers made Gerardo Fernández Noroña angry
Although the resignation of 8 ministers from the SCJN information emerged as a rumor, the president of the Senate of the Republic, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, rejected the existence of such mass resignations.
Gerardo Fernández Noroña assured that the ministers will continue in office; If there is a resignation it would be the possibility of being elected to continue in their current position.
There is no such mass resignation of the ministers of the SCJN. They are declining to participate, in any case, they will remain in office until August 2025, except for one exception, which is a term that ends shortly, on November 30 to be precise.
Gerardo Fernández Norona
Minister Javier Láynez says he expects the result of the SCJN’s challenges to the reform of the Judiciary
Despite the above, today, October 28, the minister Javier Láynez affirmed that the SCJN will insist on overthrow the reform of the Judiciary. However, in an interview with Ciro Gómez Leyva, Láynez said that all that remains is to wait for the processing of the controversies and unconstitutionality actions.
Ciro Gómez Leyva: Don’t you have anything else to do?
“No, they are the ways that we have to deal with, they are the institutional ways, controversy, actions that make us competent. The reflection we want to make is to say that among the 11 ministers we consider, those who consider that a constitutional reform is challengeable and those who think that it cannot be challenged.
Javier Laynez
In that sense, Ciro Gómez Leyva pointed out the time that the process of controversies and unconstitutionality actions has taken.
Ciro Gómez Leyva: Why haven’t they resolved the issue of controversies?
Minister Javier Láynez: Because they have a procedure, Ciro, it’s not…
Ciro Gómez Leyva: So long, Javier?
Minister Javier Láynez: Well, it seems long but it’s not. When one of these actions or controversies arises, a report is requested from both the Executive and the Legislature, they have a deadline to resolve, this is called an instruction. I mean…
At this point communication was lost with the SCJN minister. Moments later the phone call was restored and the minister insisted on defending his position against the reform of the Judiciary. To the express question of Ciro Gómez Leyva about if the ministers are exhaustedthis said:
“No, no, no. By no means. We are not given up and we are also talking with the people in the Government in the Legislature, trying to convince, even though we are seeing how each time with this reform they are putting very difficult obstacles for us, I will not deny it, to overcome, but, I insist, I believe that here, and forgive me for taking advantage of this interview to tell everyone who is listening to us that this already transcends the conflict between the Judiciary and the other powers because this is serious, but it is serious for citizens.”
Javier Laynez