The more than 1,600 judges in the country, after the approval of the judicial reform, They are in uncertainty; and some know that they will not meet the minimum requirements to enter the early retirement plan of the Judiciary, so they will receive their severance pay and join the unemployment ranks, while others will have to decide whether to go with the 45% of your salary as retirement andcbegin the process or wait until they are liquidated.
The country’s judges also do not know which courts y courts who will be elected to be renewed by election in 2025 and which ones in 2027.
On the subject, the federal judge Yasmin Murillo He said that “there is a considerable number of judges, if not the majority, who are not even close to being included in that retirement plan. I did not and will not use the struggle of my colleagues on the court as a banner for any personal interest. “Their protest is also mine, including respect for the judicial career.”
For her part, the judge Ingrid they will have He pointed out that “most of the incumbents did not get a retirement plan, we will be out of work in one or three years unless we win an election and it is known that we are not politicians, I see it difficult, the truth is… and Mexico needs justice, The resistance is elsewhere, in the international and national defense, in them who demonstrate with facts that the meritocracy is valuable, in the classrooms, in communicating more with the people. We are public servants.”
District Judge Samuel Sánchez stated that “the owners are supporting the respect and preservation of the labor rights of all workers in the PJF. The reform It took away their opportunity to become headlines, since now they must be acquaintances of a Morena politician.”
The magistrate Alejandro Andraca He said: “I have always believed in serving my country as long as it is deemed necessary. But if that need ever changed, I would not hold on to an office. I will not do it.”
Judges and magistrates will have the option of accepting the early retirement plan from the Judiciary and leaving their posts, abide by the reform and take a lump sum payment as a settlement, either because they do not meet the retirement requirements or by their own choice.
Given the modification of the agreement to access pensions of the Judiciary, which reduced the age to obtain the benefit from 65 years to 55 or less, judicial statistics indicate that a cluster of judges would comply cwith the requirement of 25 effective years contribution to the Issste for their work in the Judiciary, since they would fulfill it by having entered the institution at the age of 30.
Resignations ready
According to sources from the judiciary, at least a hundred judges would already have their resignations on the table to access the early retirement plan, which would leave an undetermined number of federal courts and circuit courts without incumbents and would leave the positions vacant for them to be elected by popular vote in 2025.
If this happens, what will happen with the open cases will be decided by the Council of the Federal Judiciary (CJF), although the parties have the right to request that the trial start from scratch.
According to open data from the Judiciary, District judges are appointed at the age of 38, while magistrates, on average, at the age of 41, with a work history in the Judiciary of at least 10 years.
According to the Mexican Association of Justice Administrators, In the historical profile of judges, “there are few cases of people with a limited career in the federal Judiciary who occupy the position of judge,” so they begin their work in that body almost upon finishing their studies.
Another uncertainty is that the Legislative, At the proposal of the Executive, it will decide in the coming months which courts and tribunals will be elected in 2025 and which will do so until 2027, that is, one week after the reform comes into force, the judges do not know who could be left unemployed in a year and who would remain another three years in their positions. workplaces.
The most affected will be those who do not meet the requirements to obtain the early retirement plan and will have to abide by the settlement established by the judicial reform, which is three months of salary and 20 days for each year worked.
Yes there will be loss of jobs in the PJ, says Bátiz
The counselor of the Federal Judiciary, Bernardo Batiz Vazquez, He acknowledged that there will be those who lose their jobs as part of the implementation of the reform to the Judicial Branch.
“I am sure that no one’s economic rights will be harmed. Some are going to lose their jobsbut like any worker who separates or has to change or leave, he has the right to his severance pay, to his pension, I am not going to list them. But, all of those will be respected,” he clarified.
Interviewed in the Senate of the Republic, after attending as a special guest the installation of the Justice Commission chaired by Morena Senator Javier Corral, Bátiz Vázquez said that the election of judges, magistrates and ministers by popular vote will democratize the Judiciary, putting it on a similar level to the Executive and Legislative branches.
He also described the reform as a “revolution” that goes deep, and denied that the elected judges will lose their autonomy, “The risk of loss of independence was greater when they were appointed.”
The counselor of the Judiciary recognized that the Judiciary The crisis was caused by the indefinite work stoppage called by workers, judges, magistrates and ministers; however, this will be resolved next Monday, when activities resume.
He also considered it reasonable that there are concerns about the possible infiltration of undue interests, such as organized crime, in the election of judges, magistrates and ministers, although he clarified that “this is a latent risk in any democratic system, which must be faced with mechanisms transparency and control clear”.
Finally, the ex-attorney of Justice of the Federal District, ruled out running for minister of the Court “my future has already passed, I think that young people should come.” /Karina Aguilar
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