Mexico’s Senate narrowly passed on Sept.11 (9/11) sweeping changes to the courts that include having judges elected by the public rather than appointed, in a major and controversial set of constitutional reforms. The AMLO reform is the perfect tool to allow Mexico's uber-powerful drug cartels to own law courts in the hinterland and, why not, the Supreme Court. For they too would love to control the judiciary and they have the money to promote their candidates. |
Mexico City, Sept.23.– The approval came hours after hundreds of protesters broke into Mexico's Senate, forcing the body to take a temporary recess. The proposed reforms have led judges and other judicial staff to strike and protest, in what’s become one of Mexico’s biggest constitutional debates in years.
Here are the main things to understand about the reforms and why they are so controversial.
The government vows to root out court corruption.
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