After suspending their work for almost a month, the Mexican courts will resume their activities next Monday, the Federal Judicial Council (CJF), the administrative body of the judiciary (PJF), announced on Wednesday.
The resumption of activities will begin next September 23 after almost a month of visitation “urgent matters” and demonstrate against the reform to elect judges, justices and ministers of the Supreme Court of the Nation (SCJN) by referendum.
Following the approval of the Mexican Congress and taking effect on Monday, September 16, they decided by a majority vote (5-2) to continue their jurisdictional work.
This decision was announced in a public circular, and a working group was convened with the PJF Judges and Judges' Association (Jufed), which represents almost 1,700 judges in the country, and representatives of the PJF's two trade unions. workers.
The meeting will take place at 09:00 local time (15:00 GMT) on Friday, September 20 at a location to be determined.
The decision could end a series of marches and demonstrations against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's judicial reform, which saw the Mexican judiciary take an unprecedented step to take over the Senate and try to stop its approval and entry into force.
Meanwhile, Mexico's Supreme Court also decided to resume its activities from Tuesday and decided to jointly decide on steps to implement judicial reform.
Meanwhile, Norma Piña, Prime Minister of the SCJN, submitted to the 11 ministers of the plenary session of the Supreme Court whether they could decide in a constitutional debate to suspend the application of the judicial reform, as requested by the Mexican judges.