Less than a week to go till Mexico's first-ever judicial elections: Monday's mañanera recapped

Less than a week to go till Mexico's first-ever judicial elections: Monday's mañanera recapped

Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections will be held this Sunday, almost nine months after former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador promulgated a controversial judicial reform that was approved by Congress last September. Thousands of candidates are vying to win almost 900 judgeships, including nine Supreme Court justice positions. In two states, Veracruz and Durango, citizens will also elect mayors and other municipal officials this Sunday. …

Given the lack of awareness of the vast majority of applicants and the way in which they will be able to exercise justice once they are elected, the treasurer and former president of the board of directors in Coahuila of the Mexican Institute of Executives in Finance (IMEF), Marcelo Lara, assured that the judicial election that will take place this Sunday maintains the uncertainty between investors at the national and state levels, given the lac…

LOCAL JUDICIAL POWER For the first time, the citizens of Baja California will directly elect those who will provide justice in the state. 239 candidates compete for 172 judicial posts in BC Baja California stands out for being the entity with the least participation in electoral processes, so one of the main challenges will be to overcome abstentionism. Based on past elections, the IEEBC foresees a participation of only 40%. What positions are a…

MEXICO CITY- The unprecedented votes to elect Mexican judges are the culmination of a very controversial reform of the judiciary that, for its defenders, will democratize justice and, for its detractors, will politicize it. Like it or not, it does not go back and the outcome of the Sunday elections will affect anyone who lives or invests in Mexico.From a judge left the ballot box on Sunday, it may depend from the custody of a child to the extrad…

The unprecedented elections to elect Mexican judges are the culmination of a highly controversial reform of the judiciary that, for its proponents, will democratize justice and, for its detractors, will politicize it. Whether you like it or not, there is no turning back, and the outcome of Sunday's elections will affect everyone who lives or invests in Mexico. Anything from the custody of a child to the extradition of a major drug trafficker, to…

We're told… As the date of the unprecedented judicial election in Yucatán approaches, political and administrative movements are intensifying. Behind the scenes, names are being solidified, mobilization structures are being fine-tuned, controversies are arising, and even judicial nostalgia is being revived. A closed and controlled list. As […]