Mexico City. For Minister Javier Laynez Potisek, a reform of the Federal Judicial Branch (PJF) is necessary to address the country’s justice problems, but the solution is not the current presidential initiative that will be discussed in the coming days in the commissions of the Chamber of Deputies.
In a statement released this Sunday by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), the minister disqualified changes proposed by the initiative such as electing judges, magistrates and ministers by popular vote; he argued that judges should be allowed to express questions and doubts about the reform because they impact the organization of the PJF.
“How is it possible that I cannot have an opinion? For example, regarding the election of ministers, judges, magistrates, that is, a reform of this importance and that you cannot say anything (…) that we can say: it is not convenient, it is not a good reform, the election is not the solution to the problem that is intended to be solved in terms of the protection of human rights,” he said in an interview on a program on Justicia TV, the official channel of the PJF.
He ruled out that such opinions mean that criteria are being put forward and, thus, the possibility of resolving a possible case on the subject is hindered. Meanwhile, while recognizing that “a judicial reform is necessary,” he objected that this should involve an exercise of self-criticism, in which an analysis is made to determine what can be changed to improve the PJF.
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