Gustavo Castillo and César Arellano
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, October 18, 2024, p. 6
The National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges (Jufed) will carry out today a new consultation
to define their position and actions they will take in response to the decision of the Federal Judiciary Council (CJF) to resume activities, although there will be no return to work before Monday of the following week, since agreements were issued in most of the country suspension of activities due to force majeure that covers until this Friday, and rests on Saturdays and Sundays.
Meanwhile, sources from the Judicial Branch of the Federation (PJF) indicated that the Judiciary received reports from justice providers who attempted to restart work in their federal courts and tribunals based in Toluca, Almoloya de Juárez, and in the state of Chihuahua, and base workers prevented them from entering the facilities.
In this context, the Jufed will carry out a consultation this Friday that will determine if the judges and magistrates again decide to remain unemployed and reported that After holding an extraordinary session between the members of the national board and the regional directors of the Jufed, deep concern is expressed regarding the lack of necessary conditions for the jurisdictional bodies to be able to resume their activities in an environment of normality.
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The representation of judges and magistrates rejected unanimously and firmly the unempathetic attitude that has been expressed towards the legitimate protest of the workers and judges of the PJF by the CJF, who from the beginning was requested that all decisions related to this process be adopted listening to both to the representation of Jufed as well as the working class, those of us who have exercised the right to defend judicial independence and the judicial career, currently threatened
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They stated that they It is deeply alarming that the suspensions granted in the amparo proceedings promoted against the judicial reform have been violated by the Executive and Legislative powers, as well as by the Council itself, the body that should be the first to guarantee judicial independence and protect female judges. judges, magistrates and magistrates that make up it
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Therefore, it is considered that there is a lack of respect for judicial decisions
and it puts at risk the solidity of the rule of law and the autonomy of our Judiciary
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