The upper house issued an agreement to hold the raffle at 12:00 hours in the session hall, under the responsibility of the Board of Directors. The presiding magistrate of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), Mónica Soto Fregoso, stated in an interview on Aristegui en Vivo that, with the order to the Senate, it is considered that all candidates are eligible. She highlighted that the majority of those registered in the CEPJF are judges or individuals with judicial experience, thus granting them eligibility status equitably.
Regarding the possibility that the Supreme Court may not approve the list prepared by the Senate through a raffle, the presiding magistrate of the TEPJF chose not to comment, stating that we must wait to see how events unfold. For its part, the Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) rejected by 9 votes the proposal of Minister Margarita Ríos Farjat, which suggested that the selection of candidates from the Federal Judiciary for the judicial election in June should be the responsibility of the highest court.
Ríos Farjat's proposal suggested that the Federal School of Judicial Training, dependent on the SCJN and the Federal Judiciary Council (CJF), administer exams to candidates to ensure their suitability. However, the Court rejected the proposal in a private session. The minister expressed her concern in a letter addressed to the presiding minister, Norma Lucía Piña, due to the resignation of the members of the Evaluation Committee of the Judiciary, which implied its dissolution.
Ríos Farjat indicated that the decision of the TEPJF to order the Senate to select candidates through a raffle could compromise the suitability of the candidates, as the lottery selection would be based on the list of those who meet the legal requirements, without evaluating their suitability as planned. The Evaluation Committee justified its inability to continue due to contradictory court orders. The minister considered that the equity of the contest could be compromised due to the lottery of registered candidates who supposedly met the requirements.
The Senate informed that on Thursday, January 30, the lottery process to define the candidacies of the Judiciary will take place, with the Judiciary required to submit the lists of suitable candidacies before February 7.
