MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Supreme Court began debating the constitutionality of a controversial judicial overhaul on Tuesday, nearly two months after lawmakers passed the reform that would require the election of all judges over the next few years.
The debate over the constitutional changes enacted by Congress and approved by a majority of state legislatures in September could trigger an institutional crisis in Mexico, as President Claudia Sheinbaum has argued the court has no authority to review the reform.
The court, made up of 11 justices, will debate a draft ruling that includes scaling back key points of the judicial reform, including some of the elections by popular vote of judges and magistrates. Only three of the 11 justices of have publicly expressed their support for judicial reform.
Mexico’s lower house of Congress in October voted to approve a constitutional change that make reforms to the constitution “unchallengeable,” raising questions around what impact the Supreme Court’s decision could have.
(Reporting by Diego Ore and David Alire Garcia; editing by Cassandra Garrison and Angus MacSwan)
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