The governor of Tamaulipas, Américo Villarreal Anaya, presented to the local Congress his initiative for reforms to the state Constitution, regarding reform of the Judicial Branch, to standardize it with the federal Constitution.
Of the 32 federal entities in the country, Tamaulipas became the first to decide to tie the election of its judges.
The federal Constitution establishes that the federal entities will have a period of 180 calendar days, counting from September 16, to make adjustments to their local constitutions.
The renewal of all elected positions in the local Judiciary, the Magna Carta specifies, must be concluded within three years and the elections must coincide with 2025 and 2027.
Reasons
The initiative in Tamaulipas proposes that in the case of magistrates of the Judicial Branch and the Judicial Disciplinary Court, the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches nominate up to three candidates, and up to two in the case of first instance and minor judges.
To date, the magistracies are appointed by Congress, at the proposal of the head of the local Executive Branch; The judges of First Instance and Small Claims are appointed by the plenary session of the Supreme Court of Justice, at the proposal of the Judicial Council; while the judges of First Instance and Small Claims are appointed for a period of three years, and may be ratified by the plenary session for equal periods.
It is proposed to elect all the judges of the plenary session of the Supreme Court of Justice by popular vote on June 1, 2025; the Supernumerary magistracy; all the magistrates of the Judicial Disciplinary Court; to all Regional magistrates and judges of First Instance and Minor judges.
Currently, magistrates are appointed for six years and can be ratified until completing 12; The initiative suggests that the period of those elected by citizens be nine years with the right to re-election, while the five judges of the Judicial Disciplinary Court will last the same amount of time in office but cannot be re-elected.
The elected judges will also be elected for nine years, with re-election. In Tamaulipas there are 11 magistrates and 116 judges.
Positions to renew
According to the National Census of Federal and State Justice Administration (CNIJF-E) 2024 of Inegi, at the state level, there are 4,440 judges and 658 magistrates.
CDMX (80) has the largest number of magistrates in the country, followed by the State of Mexico (55); Puebla (39), Jalisco (32) and Chihuahua (31).
In judges, Edomex is ranked first (429) followed by CDMX (347); Guanajuato (297); Veracruz (296) and Jalisco (295).
