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The 2024 Mexican judicial reform is a series of constitutional amendments that restructured the judiciary of Mexico. [1] The reform replaced Mexico's appointment-based system for selecting judges with one where judges, pre-selected by the Congress, are elected by popular vote, with each judge serving a renewable nine-year term.
Main article: 2024 Mexican judicial reform. On 5 February 2024, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed a judicial reform, claiming it would root out corruption in the judiciary, which he had previously criticized as being controlled by a minority, complicit in white-collar crime, and influenced by external actors. [ 2 ]
September 11, 2024 at 6:18 AM. By Diego Oré. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a judicial reform that has fueled a court workers' strike, strained relations with the ...
September 4, 2024 at 12:42 PM. By Cassandra Garrison and Diego Oré. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's lower house of Congress approved an overhaul of the country's judiciary early on Wednesday that ...
He has long lobbied for a reform of the judiciary, arguing the current system is corrupt and inefficient. Supreme Court justices are currently nominated by the president and then approved by senators.
Thousands of Mexican judges and other court staff have been on strike in protest in recent weeks, paralyzing the country’s legal system. The peso has plunged amid concerns that the overhaul ...
The 2024 Mexican judicial reform is a series of constitutional amendments that restructured the judiciary of Mexico. [20] The reform replaced Mexico's appointment-based system for selecting judges with one where judges, pre-selected by the Congress, are elected by popular vote, with each judge serving a renewable nine-year term.
Workers in the judicial system, civilian groups and university students opposed to the reform have staged multi-day protests around the Senate and in several cities across Mexico, which has the ...