Fabiola Martínez and Lilian Hernández
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, December 6, 2024, p. 6
Democracy is not subject to negotiation and, in that sense, the mandate to carry out the judicial election must be fulfilled; Otherwise there will be a political and constitutional crisis, declared Felipe Fuentes, magistrate of the upper chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF).
We can agree or not with the reform, but it is already part of the Magna Carta and the Electoral Tribunal has to fulfill its obligations.
democracy It cannot and is not subject to negotiation; if that were to happen, the country would fall into a political and constitutional crisis. It is a fundamental right of citizens (to have) free and periodic elections
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A few days ago the registration stage for people aspiring to become judges of the Judicial Branch of the Federation was closed, with around 50 thousand candidates before the evaluation committees of the three branches.
Judge Fuentes predicted that the upper chamber of the TEPJF will receive the first means of challenging these records.
During the presentation of the Compilation 2014-2024. Jurisprudence and thesis on electoral mattersat the Guadalajara International Book Fair, pointed out that the jurisprudence of the Electoral Court will make the judicial election viable and effective.
The magistrates who make up the highest decision-making body in electoral matters must detail the omissions of the Legislature.
This court will establish the necessary jurisprudence for the election to be a success and when the law does not provide or is unclear, our sentences will be the ones that, in accordance with the Constitution, resolve what needs to be resolved.
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