He added that the reform subordinates the decisions of judges and magistrates to the will of those who hold political power at the time.
“Subjecting judges and magistrates to popular election poses a danger that we cannot ignore. Judges are not and will not be politicians, we should not be. We were not appointed to respond to the interests of a party or a parliamentary faction but to apply the law in an objective and, above all, fair manner,” he added.
Fuentes Velázquez stressed that, in light of the alleged attacks with tear gas that workers and law students received when trying to enter the alternate headquarters of the Senate, the corresponding complaints are being filed, so, he pointed out, the approval of the reform was a “technical coup d’état committed by a six-year government that calls itself democratic, but that does not listen and has never listened”.
“We will not stop until justice, as we know it, becomes a firm and secure pillar again. At this crucial moment, we call for legal resistance. We will fight not only for ourselves but for the generations to come,” added the director of Jufed, while announcing that the actions to be taken will be announced in the coming days.
