### Judicial Reform to Bring Elections for Supreme Court Justices and Electoral Magistrates in 2025
A judicial reform bill proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on February 5, 2024, was presented by Morán party’s Moisés Ignacio Mier Velazco on August 16, 2024. During a press conference, Mier Velazco announced that the reform document would soon be circulated. The proposal includes more than 100 modifications sourced from contributions at Open Parliament forums held across nine locations in Mexico.
Mier Velazco highlighted three key changes to the original reform initiative, focusing on the selection process and elections for renewing members of the Judicial Power of the Federation (PJF). Moving forward, two elections are proposed: an extraordinary election in 2025 and a standard election in 2027, aligning with the federal electoral process.
In 2025, votes will be cast for nine Supreme Court justices (SCJN) and 50% of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary’s (TEPJF) magistrates, along with filling various judge vacancies due to retirements or other departures. The 2027 election will address the remaining positions in the federal elections.
“Both elections will occur on the same day; in 2025, for all Supreme Court justices, half of the electoral magistrates, and all other judicial vacancies,” Mier Velazco outlined at the Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro.
Potential candidates for these judiciary positions must meet specific qualifications proposed in the reform bill. An evaluation process will screen candidates, with three separate organs evaluating applicants’ records and background for each judicial position. This process aims to ensure a diverse pool of qualified candidates, with priority given to women.
Mier Velazco further detailed a three-branch evaluation council (Judicial, Legislative, and Federal). If there are too many candidates, a lottery system may be employed to reduce the number. “Political parties are excluded from these processes. Instead of campaigns, candidates’ knowledge will be showcased in debates organized by the National Electoral Institute (INE) and broadcast by public or private media,” stated Juan Ramiro Robledo Ruiz, head of the Constitutional Points Commission.
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