NGOs ask applicants to head the highest court of justice to disclose work plan

From the editorial

Newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, p. 10

Various organizations delivered a couple of letters to the ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) to request that the appointment of the new president of the highest court guarantee judicial independence and be transparent.

Foundation for Justice, EQUIS Justicia para las Mujeres and the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights, among others, considered indispensable that applicants for this position publicly disclose their work plan, which incorporates issues such as the role of the SCJN in the protection of judicial independence, selection criteria and promotion of judges within the judicial career , as well as the incorporation of parity and gender perspective, among others.

In addition, they asked that a space be organized in which representatives of civil society can ask them questions. This last point, they underlined, It would be a democratic exercise and a historical milestone for Mexican justice, which should be disseminated and broadcast by the Justicia TV channel..

The current president of the Court, Arturo Zaldívar, is asked to order that the entire solemn plenary session in which the selection of the next holder is carried out is carried out publicly is broadcast live on the television channel of the Judiciary.

They indicated that the next leader of the country’s highest court of justice and of the Federal Judicial Council is a key player in the justice system, because it represents the Judiciary vis-à-vis other State powers.