Mexico City. Employees of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (PJF) joined the sit-in at the Senate of the Republic and shortly after their arrival, they decided to march to the Angel of Independence.
At least 700 employees of the judicial sector marched on Paseo de la Reforma, while expressing their rejection of the reform to the PJF that will be discussed in the Senate of the Republic in the coming days.
They also demanded that the separation of powers be respected, “so that there are impartial judges,” and the judicial career of judges and magistrates.
On Paseo de la Reforma, hundreds of workers waved a monumental Mexican flag, while singing the national anthem a few steps from the Angel of Independence.
After staying there for a few minutes, they returned to the Senate, and as they advanced, at the permanent protest of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa in front of what were the facilities of the Attorney General’s Office, they took a roll call of the young people who disappeared 10 years ago.
From early morning, employees of the judicial sector continued the protests that began this week. Some 300 workers remained in the camp they set up at gates 5 and 6 of the Senate of the Republic, where district judges, attorneys and other personnel from other entities in the country gradually arrived.
“The impartial judge, a career judge!” and “We are not the opposition, we serve the nation!” were some of the slogans chanted by the contingent of workers on Paseo de la Reforma.
After marching from the Glorieta del Ahuehuete, a group of workers from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) joined the sit-in outside the Senate, where they reiterated their demand that the reform defining the election of ministers, judges and magistrates by popular vote not be approved.
Around 1 p.m., some 400 workers from the Mexico City Judiciary also arrived at the site. They had marched from Niños Héroes Avenue moments before, after stopping work in the civil, family and criminal courts on Wednesday.
It is expected that today and in the following days, employees from Michoacán, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí and Oaxaca, among other states, will be on duty and will be relieved every three days.
From the platform and sound system they had set up on Paris Street, the protesters called on the senators to engage in dialogue and to receive a commission of representatives. “Reform yes, but not like this!” they exclaimed.
They also listed the names of the 43 opposition senators who “hold in their hands” the possibility of the reform being rejected. The workers of the Judicial Branch called on the legislators to maintain their position of voting against it.
“This is a final call to our 43, who have our full support. We ask them to really open their minds, open dialogue. And to the two from the PRD (who went over to Morena) we ask that they still have the possibility of returning to the path,” shouted the district judge of Tlaxcala, Lucero de Alba.
After being approved by the Chamber of Deputies, the bill to reform the PJF is expected to be ruled on by the Joint Committees on Constitutional Matters and Legislative Studies next Sunday, in order to be discussed on Wednesday of the following week.
“The judiciary will not fall!” was one of the main slogans chanted by the protesters as they intermittently blocked Paseo de la Reforma and Paris Street.
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– 2024-09-14 14:45:52
