Legislators from the parliamentary group of the Labor Party (PT) in the Chamber of Deputiesannounced that it submitted a request for impeachment trial against 8 ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) “for rebellion and contempt.”
This is because the members of the highest court have expressed themselves publicly against the reform of the Judiciary.
According to the PT bench, the ministers denounced have “violated constitutional supremacy”so they claim they should be sanctioned for this situation.
PT calls for impeachment against 8 ministers of the SCJN for being against the reform of the Judiciary
Ricardo Mejía Berdejadeputy of the PT, announced at a press conference that his party will present a request for impeachment contra 8 SCJN ministers.
The PT legislator asserted that the main reason for this situation is due to the fact that the judges have fallen to the extremes in his position against the reform of the Judiciary.
This then Mejia Berdeja He said that the members of the SCJN plenary session “have not observed the principles of legality, loyalty, impartiality and efficiency.”
The PT deputy insisted that with his position against the reform of the Judiciary They have attacked Mexican institutionsas well as the constitutionality and form of government of our country.
Ricardo Mejía Berdeja He added that the ministers who will be denounced “They violated the Political Constitution”, which he said they swore to comply with and enforce.
“We consider that they fall into the extremes that are expected for a political trial since they have not observed the principles of legality, loyalty, impartiality and efficiency. They have made an attack on the country’s institutions, on Mexican constitutionalism and on the federal representative republican form of government. “They violated the Political Constitution that they swore to comply with and enforce.”
Ricardo Mejía Berdeja
According to the document delivered by the PT, the request for impeachment is based on articles 108, 109, 110 and 114 of the Political Constitutionas well as articles 5 to 24 of the Law of Responsibilities of Public Servants.
Who are the 8 SCJN ministers who would receive impeachment following a request from the PT?
After announcing its request for impeachment against members of the SCJN, the PT reported who are the 8 ministers against those who will request this measure.
According to the PT bench, it’s about:
- Norma Lucía Piña Hernández, minister president of the SCJN
- Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena
- Juan Luis González Alcántara Carrancá
- Luis María Aguilar Morales
- Jorge Mario Pardo Rebolledo
- Ana Margarita Ríos Farjat
- Javier Laynez Potis
- Alberto Pérez Dayán
That is, the ministers who are members of the plenary session of the Court who openly have spoken out against the reform of the Judiciary.
Therefore, the ministers who have left related to the initiatives of the so-called Fourth Transformation would be left out of this applicationin the case of Lenia Batres Guadarrama, Yasmín Esquivel Mossa and Loretta Ortiz Ahlf.
SCJN (Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation)