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Mexico - July 2025
Judicial elections prompt democracy concerns
Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections have concluded with sweeping victories in key courts for candidates that appear to be aligned with the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena). While celebrated by President Claudia Sheinbaum on 2 June as a “total success”, the process has drawn serious concerns from the political opposition and international institutions about the erosion of checks and balances on the government, the politicisation of the courts, and the implications for judicial independence.
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