US EditionWill Elections for Judges Make Mexico the ‘Most Democratic Country in the World’? Critics Fear the Opposite
- On June 1, 2025, Mexican voters will elect approximately half of the country's judges, including nine Supreme Court justices, in a historic judicial election held nationwide.
- This election follows constitutional reforms pushed by the ruling party Morena and former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, intending to give citizens control over the judiciary but raising concerns about politicization.
- Critics warn that electing judges risks undermining judicial independence by promoting political loyalty and increasing vulnerability to organized crime influence, while failing to address systemic corruption and justice inefficiency.
- Laurence Pantin, director of the civil society group Fair Trial, expressed concern that holding elections for judges introduces political influence into the judiciary, which may weaken rather than strengthen public confidence in their legitimacy.
- The reform’s enactment may weaken Mexico’s judiciary by concentrating power under Morena, risking greater corruption and violence linked to organized crime’s influence over judicial outcomes.
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Morena Is Betting Her Political Capital on Judicial Reform
Mexico is already the first country in the world to elect all its judges by popular vote. The “fight”, as some Morena leaders define it, hides a problematic reverse. There is no guarantee that the result will be the one that the ruling party wants: to have a new judicial branch free of corruption, nepotism and criminal pacts. Before leaving office, former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, founder of Morena and lighthouse of the Mexican left…
Will Judicial Elections in Mexico Make a Bad Situation Worse?
Will Judicial Elections in Mexico Make a Bad Situation Worse? Voters in Mexico will head to the polls to select a new Supreme Court and hundreds of local and federal judges, raising questions about how this new process may impact a justice system already struggling to combat organized crime groups.After approving the major reform last year, Mexican citizens will cast their votes on June 1 for 881 federal judicial positions, including nine Suprem…
Judicial Election 2025: When Will Judges, Magistrates and Elected Ministers Take Office?
On Sunday, June 1, Mexico will have its first judicial election in which for the first time the citizens will elect the members of the country's judiciary: judges, magistrates and ministers, who contest 881 judicial positions.But once they are elected, when will they take office?As an unprecedented process, the National Electoral Institute (INE) announced a calendar of key dates to explain the different stages of the voting, detailing when and h…
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