They stop in the Senate the election of five magistrates of regional chambers of the court

Andrea Becerril and Georgina Saldierna

Newspaper La Jornada
Thursday March 9, 2023, p. 4

The election of the five magistrates of the regional chambers of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) was complicated in the Senate, since surprisingly the coordinator of Morena, Ricardo Monreal, intends to return the five shortlists to the Supreme Court of Justice, arguing that it does not achieve the required qualified majority.

Such a position was rejected by PRI and PAN, and they do not endorse it on the icing bench. The PRI coordinator, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, explained that this approach was formulated a day before by Monreal, also president of the Political Coordination Board (Jucopo), but he does not share it, because there is a possibility of an agreement between Morena and the opposition, based on in good profiles among the 15 candidates sent by the Court.

They are all judicial careers and I think we could elect most of them, there is no reason to return the five listswhich have already been validated by the Justice Commission, chaired by Senator Olga Sánchez Cordero, added the PAN member.

Likewise, PAN senator Damián Zepeda considered an irresponsibility reject the shortlists, which arose after a public call, to which a good number of applicants registered, of which the Supreme Court selected 30 candidates and sent the 15 best to the Senate. “We do not agree, it is possible to reach consensus, this cannot depend on a single person.

Why does Senator Monreal talk about returning the lists?

I don’t know, but in radio corridor of the Senate, it is said that the whole problem is that the Court did not include candidates related to him, who can come in another five shortlists – replied Damián, who demanded break with that strategy of agreements in the dark and debate openly. Let’s say why some do and others don’t.

He stated that in the PAN there is a willingness to support any of the shortlisted members, since there are no partisan overtones, but good career paths and a lot of ability.

The senators of Morena César Cravioto and José Narro agreed that they do not endorse the rejection of the 15 candidates proposed by the Supreme Court, since some are independent and with honest trajectories.