He Senate of the Republic The process to approve the bill began this Sunday judicial reform without any modification to prevent its return to the Lower Houseso, with 25 votes in favor and 12 againstwas endorsed in commissions.
Las Joint Committees on Constitutional Matters and Legislative Studies in it Senate They began the analysis and voting of the minutes approved by the Chamber of Deputies about the reform of the judiciary which, since September 4, has become a central topic of discussion, but are we really measuring the situation? To what extent does the reform benefit or harm the country?
The reform has been criticized even by the press at an international level, as has been done by the Washington Posthe New York Times, Reutersamong other media outlets, who agree that if the reform is approved and not implemented properly, Mexico will lose its remaining legalitywhile also foreign investment will decrease.
There is something that we as Mexicans should recognize, and that is that, indeed, the judicial system It has not been renovated in many years, which has caused it to be a constant focus of corruption and impunityat least from the perception of those who have faced judicial proceedings.
But what the proposal is judicial reform of the still president Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorit seems that it will not attack the underlying problem either, that is, the prosecutors of each state, since it is focusing on the federal level and does not specify, in a clear and concrete way, how the reform would benefit the Judiciary a nivel local.
From there, this reform is denoted merely political by trying to reduce the power of the Supreme Courtwhich was the one that hindered Lopez Obrador in several of his reforms, which was also the main reason that alienated Norma Lucia Pineapple with the head of the federal Executive.
To this accumulation of uncertainty about what will happen once it is approved in the Upper Housewhich is almost a fact, since the 4T only needs one vote to gather the qualified majority, it must be added that the majority of Mexicans We do not know the function of the three Powers of the Union In general, but the judicial one is the most ignored, so getting involved in the pros and cons seems to have no major relevance, although it should have.
The importance of this reform is indisputable, since we are not only talking about elect judges and magistrates by popular voteor that they earn less than the president, but also that the identity of the judges can be hidden in cases considered serious, such as those involving organized crime. I repeat, the issue is not minor and sadly it is people of other nationalities who are taking the matter more seriously.
One of the motivations of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to carry out this reform is that Justice in Mexico It is not prompt or expeditious, and we all agree on that, however, many of us are not clear on how and why the methodology of the popular vote for the Judiciary will promote the administration of justice.
The final vote will probably be on Wednesday, September 11th. Senateif approved, we will see if transparency and accountability, democracy and the reduction of corruption end or, at least, diminish, the least we expect is to have a politicized justice system in which, once again, personal interests are the guiding axis of politics in Mexico.
