In this event, the president of the Senate, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, delivered the listings that were generated by the powers of evaluation of the powers, so that now the administrative electoral body will be in charge of the electoral process.
The senator explained that the Legislative Evaluation Committee elected 1, 416 candidates; The Executive, 1, 430 Contenders, and the Judicial, 955 candidacies. To them are added those who go through direct pass, that is to say that they are currently in functions and will seek to obtain the position again through the election.
The Morenista senator recalled that Mexico will be the first country in the world that by direct vote the members of the Judiciary will be chosen, and mentioned that before reaching this date on which the lists of candidates are delivered they have had to “overcome a series of very large difficulties. ”
“First, when on February 5, 2024, fellow President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented the Constitutional Reform initiative made fun of until they got tired, they thought it was not realizable, that two thirds needed would never be reached for a reform of that size It could come true, and in the 2024 election, they gave us two thirds of the Chamber of Deputies and almost in the Senate, ”he said.
Meanwhile, the president of the INE, Guadalupe Taddei, mentioned that the listings will be reviewed by this body, and congratulated the candidates.
From March 30 to May 28, the campaigns of the candidates for various positions of the Judicial Power of the Federation will be held. Meanwhile, between May 29 and 31 will be the period of reflection of the vote, in which they will not be able to do proselytizing activities.
