Voting for Judges: Between the Experiment and the Democratic Dilemma

It is not necessary to be geniuses to be able to identify that behind many of the recent constitutional reforms, there is a political logic and a clear ideological line. Concentrate power and/or give the state powers of economic leadership and leadership that it had lost in the last few years. Although it seems the same, it is not. The first is the power concentrated in a person, which usually occurs at the expense of formally established instit…

Cd. of Mexico.- The Latin American Federation of Magistrates (FLAM) called on the Mexican authorities to reconsider the judicial reform because its consolidation will perpetuate the power of the dominant political groups, allowing them to intervene broadly and directly in the composition of the judiciary. Marcelo Gallo Tagle, president of FLAM, expressed his concern and rejection of the reform, because the election of judges by popular vote is, …

The global political landscape in recent years has been marked by the rise of post-truth, polarization, and populism, raising serious questions about the future of justice in Mexico within the current electoral process. In this context, a candidate for the judiciary who exploits these trends could find a path, albeit a dangerous one, to victory. Post-truth, that deliberate distortion of reality where emotions and personal beliefs prevail over ob…

Claudia Orozco El PAN in Tlaxcala demonstrates, once again, her double speech, while local deputy Miriam Martínez Sánchez publicly opposes the judicial reform from the rostrum, her advisor Alfredo Escamilla Ricalday supports on social networks candidates for district judges. This contradiction highlights the lack of coherence within [...]