From the correspondents
The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, September 12, 2024, p. 3
Sixteen state congresses – Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz, Quintana Roo, Nayarit, Colima, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Yucatán, Morelos, Durango, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Campeche, Sinaloa and Guerrero – endorsed the reform to the Judicial Branch of the Federation hours after it was approved by the Senate.
In Tamaulipas, the permanent deputation has already given its approval, but an extraordinary session of the plenary session was called this Thursday at 6:45 in the morning to put it to a vote. Morena has a majority, so approval is practically a fact and it would become the 17th legislature to give its approval.
With this, it is imminent that the constitutional amendment will be ratified, so both chambers of Congress will issue the declarations of constitutional reform and send the minutes to the head of the Executive for publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.
In most of the states where the bill was discussed, there were protests by PJF workers and even riots in some, such as Puebla, Baja California, Yucatán and Colima, resulting in at least two injured and two arrested.
In the morning, Oaxaca became the first state to support the resolution. In an extraordinary session, which began at 5:23 a.m. and lasted 6 minutes, the 41 deputies present in the chamber gave their support, including those in the opposition; there was only one absence.
Later, amid protests, the 65th Legislature of Tabasco also approved the draft decree with 28 votes in favor, eight against and no abstentions; none of the three PT deputies attended.
In Veracruz, the motion was accepted with 32 votes in favor, 11 against and zero abstentions. To the cry of It is an honor to be with Obrador
the Morena supporters celebrated the result; meanwhile, outside the building there was a demonstration against the decision.
At noon, with the qualified majority of the Morena-PT and PVEM alliance, the Congress of Quintana Roo approved the ruling with 21 votes in favor, four against and no abstentions; during the discussion, a group of protesters tried to break into the plenary hall, but security had previously been reinforced.
After 4:30 p.m., the Congress of Colima gave its support to the judicial reform; there were 18 votes in favor, from Morena and its allies, and five against from the PRI, PAN and MC.
A group of PJF employees who had been outside the building since early in the morning, clashed with state agents when they tried to break into the premises; the federal magistrate of Colima, Martín Rubio, was injured in the face by a projectile launched by the protesters.
In Baja California there was also a scuffle between police and PJF workers, because the latter broke in and They took
the Congress hall; the result was one injured and two arrested.
The deputies then held a session via Zoom and approved the ruling. Twenty-five deputies from Morena, PVEM, Fuerza por México, Partido Encuentro Solidario and PT voted in favor; three legislators from the PAN, one from MC and one from the PRI were against.
In Durango, the legislature approved the bill with 19 votes in favor and six against, to the annoyance of PJF employees who were in the room; the seven PRI legislators joined the 12 from Morena and its allies.
During the evening, Nayarit, Morelos, Yucatán, Baja California Sur, Tlaxcala, Yucatán, Puebla, Sinaloa and Guerrero joined the list of legislatures that approved the reform; there were disturbances in these last two states.
In Yucatán, PJF employees entered the premises by force and even went down to the seats of the deputies, and in Puebla they hit the doors with sticks, but were unable to enter.
Meanwhile, in Mexico City, congressmen opted to spend the night in lodgings near the main headquarters located in Donceles and Allende, as road closures are expected for today. Legislators are called to vote on the reform at 9 a.m. today.
