It doesn't look like it's going to be enough
The analysis of the selection of judges, magistrates, and ministers to create a new judiciary focuses on the level of bureaucratic restructuring and Morena's recapture of that third of the state.
However, little attention has been paid to what should be assumed as the most important function of the Judiciary: the administration of justice. The new judges will face one of the most serious stages of the lack of justice in Mexico, in at least three fundamental aspects: corruption that goes unpunished, insecurity exacerbated by laws created for minor offenses, and, most importantly, the penetration of organized crime into the judicial system.
One fact was not sufficiently considered or nuanced: in January, President Sheinbaum's administration released 29 criminals who were in the judicial system and sent them to the United States because the legal capacity to practice law was lacking here. In other words, the fact that the judicial system had already been overwhelmed by crime was brought to the forefront of the discussion.
And what was seen in the judicial reform, the electoral process, and the recognition of the new judges was a lack of sufficient information for citizens to vote based on their concerns about insecurity. The crude "accordion" model only showed that the new judicial positions were not filled by competent figures, but rather by political-partisan allies.
Through the Supreme Court, the ruling political group embarked on a complete reorganization of the judicial staff, and its effectiveness will not be known on the day of its inauguration. It will likely take about three years to grasp the new rhythm of judicial matters, especially due to the transition from a judiciary based on training and professional competence in law to one marked by partisan discipline.
Ground Zero
- President Trump is deepening the rethinking of total relations with Mexico, not only on issues of migration and drug trafficking in the guise of narcoterrorism , but also with the annulment of the trade agreement that had been created to eliminate tariff barriers. Now, by executive decision, trade is being hindered with… tariff barriers. The challenge for Mexico is not only to resist and find escape routes, but to sit down and rethink, based on its own interests, its relations with its powerful northern neighbor.
(*) Center for Economic, Political and Security Studies.
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