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Weekly Report - 05 September 2024 (WR-24-35)
MEXICO: Judicial reform advances
Federal deputies in Mexico voted to approve President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s judicial reform on 4 September. The result of the vote was expected, given that the ruling left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) and its allies have the required supermajority in the lower chamber to approve constitutional reforms. However, the venue of the vote – the Magdalena Mixhuca sports centre in the Mexico City (CDMX) borough of Iztacalco – came as a surprise. The vote was relocated after protesters blocked entry to the San Lázaro legislative palace. This indicates both the strength of resistance to the reform and the lengths to which Morena is prepared to go to get it passed.
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