Arturo Zaldívar: “The judiciary was not able to reform itself from within. There was no alternative.”

The retired minister Arturo Zaldivar, one of the main architects of the judicial reform, calmly observes the unprecedented campaigns of lawyers who aspire to become judges through the popular vote. The 65-year-old litigator states that the country has successfully drawn attention to the preparation of the elections and it is now only left for citizens to get excited and go to vote on June 1, among hundreds of candidates for courts of all subject…

By Eduardo Nava Hernández . Latin American Summary, April 04, 2025. As all citizens know, or should know, the campaigns of candidates who aspire to occupy a position as ministers of the Supreme Court, magistrates in some court or judges. An undoubtedly controversial election that has been questioned since [...] La entrada Mexico. The judicial election in paradox key was first published in Latin American Summary.

Ana María Ibarra, candidate for minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), said that the judicial election 2025 does not put at risk impartiality. Through a live in its social networks, the candidate and circuit judge, said that “the judicial vocation is a vocation of service and that this is by popular vote simply brings us closer to the people, legitimizes us with their decision, with their needs.” This does not mean that w…

As all citizens know, or should know, the campaigns of the candidates who aspire to occupy a position as ministers of the Supreme Court, magistrates in some court or judges are under way. An unquestionably controversial election that has been questioned since February 5, 2024, when then President López Obrador announced his constitutional reform initiative so that the judges will be elected by popular vote.