Fecha Publicación: 21-08-2024

Mexico’s ruling political movement, Morena, is attempting to capture and overthrow the judicial branch. But destroying the judicial power is not a “judicial reform”; it is a maneuver to dominate all three branches of government and subjugate them to the party. The intent was never to reform or strengthen the judiciary; therefore, discussing this plot as a “reform” is falling into the trap.

Given the shortcomings of the judiciary in the last decades, most critics concede that some reform is necessary, overlooking the importance of who makes it and when. It is an error to review the “reform” on its own merits, with its alleged problems, benefits, and “areas of opportunity,” doing this is discussing the wrapping, a decoy, and not what is at the core. The “reform” is a euphemism for a political project to concentrate power even further, hence fixing the debate on the technical aspects of the proposal, for example, the economic expenses of carrying out elections for thousands of judicial openings or how to convince citizens to go to the polls play into the government’s game.

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