Mexico’s president on Wednesday backed a proposal to hold a nationwide vote on citizens’ choice of Supreme Court justices, the leader’s latest move to overhaul an institution he considers “rotten.”
Mexico’s Supreme Court justices are currently approved by the Senate, with a two-thirds majority from a list selected by the president, and serve 15-year terms.
“I hope the vote takes place, that the issue goes to the people,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in his daily news conference when asked about the possibility, which his party said it wanted to see Congress vote on.
Passing a referendum would support amending the constitution to create a system of citizen-elected Supreme Court justices, something the president said last week he would pursue before leaving office in 2024.
The president, who has repeatedly clashed with Mexico’s judiciary and has seen parts of his electoral reform overturned last week, has long advocated sending controversial issues to referendums, including halting construction of an airport in the city. of Mexico.
Source: Terra
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