Nepotism in the Judiciary is scandalous, says Sheinbaum

Enrique Mendez

The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, September 10, 2024, p. 3

It is a scandal the nepotism in the Judicial Power of the Federation that the head of the Supreme Court of Justice, Norma Piña, recognized, expressed yesterday the president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, in a press conference in which she maintained that the reform It has no political cost and that there is a guarantee of the security of investments in the country.

Although he did not want to enter into the controversy of whether the qualified majority in that Chamber is 85 – as Morena maintains – or 86, as has been the parliamentary practice and has been endorsed by the Court in jurisprudence, he said: Well, maybe 90 will vote (in favor). Let’s wait. I think it will be approved..

In contrast to the position of the President of the Senate, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, who in an interview stated that the owners of the money Do not invest if this is the caseIn response to the reform of the Judicial Branch, Sheinbaum said that “investments will be well protected in Mexico; on the contrary: the amendment strengthens democracy and justice.

I do not agree with Gerardo. I have not heard his position, rather I have read it in some media. I have said it the other way around: national and foreign investors have nothing to worry about. There will be a better judiciary in Mexico.

About information published by the newspaper The Wall Street Journal of a brake on foreign investment in Mexico due to the reform, he commented that the next Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, is out of the country and is working on consolidating the investment portfolio for Mexico in 2024, still, and 2025. And vice versa, there is still a lot of interest in investing in our country..

In a broad conference at his transition house, he not only considered the proposal for changes presented by Piña to be late, but also resumed the diagnosis that showed how in 2022, out of 49,630 employees, 24,546 had at least one family member in said power; that is, 49 percent.

“I mean, look at the scandal, more than half or half are linked to nepotism. What we want is to clean up, to make sure there is no corruption in the Judiciary, and there will be a true rule of law, not like now. What do they say about all the releases of criminals, of the Saturdays?”

He also expressed his disagreement with the position of Deputy Dolores Padierna, who said that Piña deserves impeachment for promoting the strike in the Judiciary.

I do not agree with the issue of impeachment. What I believe is that there was a popular mandate, the reforms were proposed during the campaign and polls after the election show that the people are in favor of electing judges, magistrates and ministers of the Supreme Court.

Regarding the statement by PAN Senator María de Jesús Díaz that any legislator who votes in favor of the reform should be lynched, he said: This issue is really condemnable. How dare a senator of the Republic call for violence in this way? I do not agree, obviously..