Protesters Storm Mexico’s Senate After Controversial Judicial Overhaul Is Passed

In Mexico, a constitutional amendment is approved by a majority of votes in state congresses. The Judicial Reform in Mexico obtained the majority of the necessary votes in 20 state congresses: Oaxaca, Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Durango, Colima, Tabasco, Veracruz, Quintana Roo, Baja California, Morelos, Yucatán, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Campeche, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, State of Mexico, Sonora. ALSO READ: Congresses from nine states…

Mexico’s judicial reform bill approved by 18 state legislatures

Only 24 hours after the Mexican Senate passed a controversial judicial reform bill, 18 state legislatures had already ratified the constitutional reform, opening the door for the sweeping reform to become the law of the land. During his Thursday morning press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador told reporters that he hoped to publish the bill on Sept. 15, the same day Mexico commences its annual Independence Day celebrations. By hi…

The trajectory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's judicial reform is told in chapters. After its approval by the majority of Morena in both chambers of the federal Congress, the next step was for it to be ratified by at least 17 of the country's 32 states —half plus one—, because it was an amendment to the Constitution. On a political board in which the ruling bloc, formed by Morena, PVEM and PT, governs 24 entities, the ratification of the reform…

After endorsement by the Guerrero Congress, judicial reform reached approval requirements in 17 state congresses.

El Pleno del Senado de la República aprobó la reforma al Poder Judicial, propuesta por el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, luego de varias horas de debate y pese a la irrupción de manifestantes en la sala de sesiones.Luego del visto bueno que dieron tanto la Cámara de Diputados como el Senado a esta reforma al Poder Judicial, la iniciativa deberá ser revisada en los 32 Congresos estatales. Al menos 17 de ellos tendrán que aprobar la refor…

In Mexico, the Senate also voted with a two-thirds majority for President López Obrador's judicial reform. The reactionary opposition tried to prevent the Senate session with disruptive maneuvers. In vain.