The Chamber of Deputies of Mexico will vote on Tuesday on the controversial judicial reform of the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) to elect judges and the Supreme Court by popular vote, announced this Sunday Ricardo Monreal, coordinator of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
“On Tuesday, the first session, only general discussion and voting. On Wednesday, in another session, discussion on specifics and voting. Our process on this matter will conclude immediately.”Monreal said at a press conference before the installation of the new Congress.
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The leader of the ruling party stated that judicial reform will be the priority of the new Congress that begins this Sunday, when the alliance of Brunettehe Labour Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist of Mexico (PVEM) assumes the qualified majority, of two thirds of the seats, necessary to modify the Constitution.
With the initiative, which will then need the approval of two-thirds of the Senate and the majority of state congresses, Mexicans will elect judges, magistrates and ministers of the Supreme Court at the polls starting in 2025.
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Monreal dismissed the rulings of judges who on Saturday granted an injunction to workers of the Judicial Branch with which they asked to stop the discussion of the reform in Congress.
He even announced “Three actions for his serious interference in the internal life of the Legislative Branch: impeachment, a criminal complaint was filed for crimes committed in the administration of justice and a complaint was filed before the Judiciary”.
“The legislative majority believed that it was a clear interference, that it was a violation of the Constitution and that no judge or entity outside the Legislative Branch had jurisdiction, and even the initiation of actions was proposed.”Monreal said.
The ruling party will approve the reform despite the strike that began on August 21 by the workers of the Judicial Branch and the warnings from organizations such as the UN, Human Rights Watch, and the governments of the United States and Canada about the uncertainty that it would cause.
