2024-08-29 00:25:07
The Mexican judges have said enough. Given the imminent approval of the complete reform of the Judiciary in Mexico, which includes Voting by public vote of all ministers, judges and magistratesThe Court of Justice called on Mexicans to take to the streets last Sunday to confront Morena’s intention to democratize the party power.
The first major milestone of Sheinbaum’s tenure, the president-elect who has yet to take office, is the outgoing president’s final legacy, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Although Claudia Sheinbaum will be sworn in on August 1The new Parliament resulting from the June 2 elections and with a large majority of Morena and his parties (Work Party and Green Party) will be established in September and in the course of a month it can give the green light to the final death. rattle of AMLO, the reform of the Judiciary in order to make justice democratic and eliminate corruption. The amendment, which has already received the green light in the committee, may be debated in the session of the Congress in the coming days.
A week ago, in an unusual, unexpected and historic day, the Mexican Ministry of Justice announced itself on an indefinite strike. At the international level, there is little history of judicial strikes and often for specific periods, lasting several days at most.
A battery of direct justice reforms affects almost 1,700 Mexican judges and more than 55,000 employees of the Department of Justicehalf of them will be removed from their jobs as of May 2025 and the other half as of 2027, when extraordinary elections will be held to choose judicial providers.
“After all this is the desire for control and the adoption of Justice to the political party,” he said in a statement to LA RAZÓN. Froylan Muñoz AlvaradoFormer national president of the National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges of Justice (JUFED), the group that called this strike.
«The reform will leave the citizens without help. Before what kind of judges will they settle their disputes? Before the party judges,” he said. “What is the guarantee of legal certainty in a program that has been recorded cleanly?” If the new law is approved, any Mexican citizen who has a law degree, with an average grade of 8 and who has practiced as a lawyer can run for election to be a judge.
In Mexico, for a constitutional amendment approved by the Legislature, there is no appeal or defense in the national agency; The judge will have to complain before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights or the Inter-American Court.
The United States, Mexico’s main trading partner, has also made it clear. In the realm of diplomacy, strong opinions on national issues are rare, but Washington’s ambassador to Mexico could not have been more informed. “The direct election of judges represents the greatest danger for the functioning of Mexican democracy. “Any judicial reform must have safeguards that ensure that the Judiciary is strengthened and not subject to political corruption,” he said. Ken Salazar.
In the middle of the election campaign in the northern neighborhood, the representative warned that this reform “threatens the historical trade relationship, which is based on the confidence of investors in the Mexican legal system.” “It will weaken efforts to realize North American economic integration and create chaos,” Salazar added. “Direct elections can also make it easier for cartels and other corrupt actors to take advantage of vulnerable, politically motivated judges,” added the representative, a lawyer who serves as Colorado’s attorney general. Given the opposition of reform, AMLO has decided to stop relations with the United States and Canada.
At the international level, there are very few countries where citizens directly elect their judges. The most recent example is that of Bolivia, where the former president Evo Morales He promoted a reformation to avoid justice that favored the nobles and the powerful.
“Reformation in Mexico will not be successful because it is an illegal and unjust proposal. Directly attacks the separation of powers and principles such as judicial independence and freedom. It has social, economic and political significance. Everything will depend on the position of the Mexican judges. “There is only opposition.” Muñoz Alvarado.
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