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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 Congress, are elected by popular vote, with each judge serving a renewable nine-year term. It reduces the ...
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] The plan was then supported by his successor, Claudia ...
Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a judicial reform that has fueled a court workers' strike, strained relations with the United States and triggered market volatility in Latin America's second ...
The reform also reduces the number of Supreme Court judges to nine from 11, limits their terms to 12 years, and abolishes age restrictions for ministers and magistrates.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A Mexican judge ordered the Lower House of Congress not to discuss controversial judicial reform scheduled to be taken up by lawmakers the first week of September, according ...
20 August –2024 Mexican judicial reform: Workers in federal courts nationwide go on strike in protest over plans by President López Obrador to have judges elected to office and reduce merit qualifications for judicial employees. [49]
Over 1,000 more judges and magistrates in Mexico have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike that began on Monday amid mounting protest against a plan by the ruling party to overhaul the ...
The reform also reduces the number of Supreme Court judges to 9 from 11, cuts back the length of their terms to 12 years, abolishes a minimum age requirement of 35, and halves necessary work ...