Alonso Urrutia, Arturo Sánchez, Andrea Becerril and Georgina Saldierna
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, November 21, 2024, p. 4
President Claudia Sheinbaum considered it unnecessary to endorse the extension of the deadlines for the election of the Judicial Branch that the advisors of the National Electoral Institute delivered to the Ministry of the Interior.
In any case, Congress would have to evaluate it. We consider that, let’s say, that document that they gave you is not necessary. And it depends on Congress, that is the power of the Chamber of Deputies.
both modifying the deadlines and approving the budget to the institute for the election.
Sheinbaum also signed the package of secondary law initiatives of constitutional modifications related to the Judiciary. Among them, a new Organic Law of the Judiciary stands out to adapt it to the provisions of the Magna Carta because, among other aspects, the number of ministers is reduced and the chambers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation disappear.
In this regard, the board of directors of the Senate reported the reception of the three secondary law initiatives of the judicial reform, sent by the federal president and handed them over to the united commissions of Justice and Legislative Studies, in charge of ruling on them. Their discussion, and if applicable, approval, is expected before December 15, when the regular period ends, as they are priority initiatives.
These are the new Organic Law of the Judicial Branch of the Federation, the Judicial Career Law of the Judicial Branch of the Federation, and the initiative that reforms, adds and repeals various provisions of the General Law of Administrative Responsibilities.
The president of the Senate, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, reported on the letter sent by the Ministry of the Interior, which also specifies that the budgetary impact of the three initiatives will be sent as soon as possible.
For her part, the President estimated that there is still time to reach 5 thousand applicants to participate in the election of judges, magistrates and ministers, since already this Tuesday there was a boom
registration of candidatures. According to the information, as announced by former Minister Arturo Zaldívar, so far there are a thousand candidates registered in the Evaluation Committee of the Executive Branch, but 5,410 profiles of candidates for ministers, magistrates, magistrates of the Disciplinary Court are required. Judicial, electoral magistrates and judges.
When explaining the content of the secondary laws, the legal advisor of the Presidency, Ernestina Godoy, said that this law also considers establishing in detail how the new Judicial Disciplinary Court will operate, which will regulate the performance of the members of the Judiciary. Although it is stipulated that it will not be involved in the judges’ resolutions, it may promote administrative, and even criminal, processes when there is bad behavior on the part of a judge or magistrate.
This, with the idea that there is no arbitrariness; There is a whole procedure that has to be followed; What are the cases in which this court has to act. It will be made up of five people who will also be elected in 2025 and will have the status of magistrates.
Godoy explained that a judicial career law initiative will also be sent, because that judicial career is going to continue
. He mentioned that they seek to strengthen the National Training School with the idea that there is no arbitrariness. There is a whole procedure that must be followed regarding the cases in which this court must act.
Modifications are included to the Law of Administrative Responsibilities in order to precisely define the offenses and sanctions to which the members of the Judiciary would be entitled.
The legal advisor assured that for the first time, “there will be this supervision, there will be this space that is the court in which they will be able to say a judge acted badly
. Remember, the Court is not being given the power to remove the resolutions, but rather to impose the offenses in any case and, if necessary, take them to the Public Ministry if there is any possibility of a crime.
