With 49 votes in favor, 15 against and zero abstentions, the Mexico City Congress generally approved the opinion by which legislative adjustments are made to align the Local constitution with judicial reforms at the federal level.
As part of the adjustments, it is established Electoral Institute of Mexico City (IECM) as in charge of organizing the election of judges and magistrates in the country’s capital that will take place on June 1, 2025.
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When presenting his dissenting vote, deputy Royfid Torres (MC) pointed out that this reform encourages the participation of political, economic and sectoral interests in the process of selecting judges, which will affect the capital’s residents with fewer resources.
Regarding the opinion, he assured that it has serious procedural errors, among them that people, native neighborhoods and indigenous communities, as well as people with disabilities, were not consulted.
When positioning herself against it, representative Olivia Garza (PAN) asserted that the reform does not guarantee citizen participation and representativeness, since the judicial power is the guarantor of the law and these changes are political.
Likewise, he criticized the approach that 30 percent of its implementation will be advanced in a few months, which can only be achieved through “carries.”
In favor, deputy Víctor Hugo Romo (Morena) pointed out that the reform does not intend to eradicate the judicial power or the division of powers, and on the contrary, seek to give rise to an efficient and transparent power that solves the current deficit of the judicial power, to eliminate impunity and corruption.