PJ workers protest against reform in the Bankers Club

Mexico City, Shouting “Exams yes, raffle no!” To elect the country’s judges, workers of the Judicial Branch (PJF) led protests against the judicial reform this Monday at the facilities of the Bankers Club of Mexico.

Outside the historic building, in the capital’s Historic Center, around 250 workers from the First Circuit and surrounding circuits of the PJF They demonstrated to warn investors of “the serious risks of the reform” and ask them to raise their voices against the constitutional amendment during the Annual High-Level Dialogue of US and Mexican companies (CEO Dialogue) that will be held tomorrow at that venue. , in which President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo will participate.

Carlos Avila, court clerk of the First Circuit, stated that the reform “undermines and puts at risk the rule of law and generates a climate of mistrust,” especially due to the popular election method with which judges, magistrates and judges will be chosen. ministers.

“Several rating agencies have commented on the matter. Many banks have also spoken out regarding the risks involved in the election of judges and magistrates by popular vote. Coupled with the political climate that has occurred in recent days, we see that both the Executive and the Legislative have not complied with the resolutions given by several district judges and collegiate courts in which they paralyze the implementation of the judicial reform,” he told this daily during the demonstration.

Among the slogans that were most repeated was one criticizing political actors whom they accuse of paving the way for the judicial reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

“They bought (Arturo) Zaldívar, they bought (Guadalupe) Taddei, they bought the Yunes and (Javier) Molina too!” they chanted.

Carlos Ávila explained that last week they presented letters to organizations in the financial sector, such as the Business Coordinating Council, the American Chamber and also to the embassies of the United States, Canada, Spain, and the European Union, “to warn of these risks.” ”.

Originally the demonstration would begin at 8 a.m. outside the Mexican Stock Exchange, on Paseo de la Reforma, but when they did not achieve a broad call, they moved to the second point, the bankers’ club, where they began the protest at 10 a.m. tomorrow and they kept it until 12:30 this Monday.

They announced that despite the lifting of the PJF workers‘ work stoppage on October 16, more actions against the reform will continue, as they hope that the Court will reverse the aforementioned constitutional changes.

“Yes, there are still pending both amparo trials and constitutional controversies in the Court, or unconstitutionality actions presented by opposition parties based precisely in the Court itself. The Court needs to issue a ruling in relation to all these legal resources. This does make it possible for there to be a setback in the implementation of this reform,” said Ávila.