Emir Olivares and Alonso Urrutia
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, p. 4
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo will not attend the last work report of the Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) Norma Piña, which will be held this Tuesday at noon.
To a specific question yesterday morning, the federal president responded that a representative of her administration will be in her place, although she did not clarify who it is.
This is the last report from Minister President Piña, since – like seven other judges who opposed the judicial reform – on October 30 she sent the Senate her letter of early resignation from office with effect from August 31, 2025.
In the letter, the minister president stated that This resignation does not imply my agreement with the separation of the position for which I was originally appointed until December 10, 2030, but rather an act of consistency and respect for the constitutional text that governs us today.
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This Tuesday, the head of the Executive will lead the work of the National Security Council that will be carried out in Acapulco, Guerrero.
Sheinbaum Pardo ruled out that nepotism could occur with the recent constitutional reform in judicial matters, and asked to wait until all the phases are completed and the filters are passed through for the election of the new members of that power.
We ensure that there are no family members in the Judiciary because, if someone reaches the Court, it would be difficult for a family member to reach the last filter, let’s say, of the commissions.
When asked whether relatives of people who are part of the Fourth Transformation had been detected among the candidates for these positions, the President clarified that the powers of the Union have defined the commissions that will be in charge of developing the criteria under which There will be the election of those who will make up the Judicial Branch, as established by the new regulations.
He recalled that the first stage is the verification of whether the applicants meet the requirements to access positions as judges, magistrates or ministers.
Subsequently, those who make up the Executive, Legislative and Judicial commissions will conduct interviews with the candidates and propose a series of candidates for each position.
And the third phase is the raffle, to which the President exemplified: In the Court I think there are 90 (those that must be selected), and that’s where the raffle comes from, where 27 come out.
. Citizens will then vote next June.
