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( Spanish) – The National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges (Jufed) of Mexico agreed this Saturday to resume its activities on October 16, after a work stoppage that lasted more than a month in protest against the reform of the Judiciary.
“As a result of the democratic exercise of consultation carried out among federal judges, jurisdictional work is resumed, although the forms of demonstration and protest vary,” Jufed said in a statement.
The measure of force began last August, when court employees symbolically closed headquarters of the Judiciary in at least 16 states of the country to demonstrate against the initiative sent by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, former president of Mexico, and later enacted after the approval in both houses of Congress.
The dissidents warn that the reform would violate their rights, working conditions and that their judicial career would be affected.
The reform of the Judiciary proposed by López Obrador, proposes, among other things, that judges and magistrates can be elected by popular vote and opens the possibility that a person with the sole fact of having a degree in Law and little experience can be elected as judge if he reaches a majority of votes.
According to this reform, To compete for a position as District Judge or Circuit Magistrate, certain requirements must be met, such as:
- Be a Mexican citizen by birth
- Have a degree in Law with a minimum of five years experience
- Five years of experience in a legal area
- Have a “good reputation”
- Not having been convicted of an intentional crime, having resided in the country during the last year
- Not having held certain public positions in the year prior to the election
- Submit a three-page essay justifying the reasons for your application
López Obrador, who concluded his six-year term on September 30, frequently attacked the Judiciary, stating that among judges and magistrates “there are corrupt officials.”
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has shown her support for her predecessor’s proposal, which also promotes a judicial disciplinary court to evaluate the performance of judges instead of the Federal Judiciary Council, an administrative and disciplinary body.
The opposition in Mexico asked the federal government that the reform of the Judiciary be gradual in order not to lose the independence and autonomy of the judges in the country.
On October 10, the Senate of Mexico approved in general and particular the opinion that modifies secondary laws of the already enacted judicial reform that establishes the process to follow for the election of judges, magistrates and ministers in 2025.
With information from Natalia Cano.
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