The minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Lenia Batres, requested the National Electoral Institute (INE) to allow her to appear on the ballot for the judicial election as 'the Minister of the People.' In a document addressed to the president counselor of the INE, Guadalupe Taddei, Batres requested that her full name, first and second surnames, as well as her nickname 'Minister of the People' be included in the registration of her candidacy. She added that both the words minister and people should start with capital letters, according to the text submitted on January 27.
'The judicial reform establishes that those holding the positions of ministers will be automatically included in the lists of candidates,' expressed Lenia Batres Guadarrama, minister of the Court since late 2023 when she was appointed by former president López Obrador, after the Senate did not select a candidate from the proposed trio. She herself gave the nickname 'Minister of the People' back then.
On the other hand, the Senate reported that it will be on Thursday when it conducts the draw process to determine the candidacies for the judiciary election in June 2025. On Tuesday night, the upper chamber issued an agreement with the rules to carry out the lottery on January 30 at 12:00 hours in the session hall and will be overseen by the Board of Directors.
In the draw process, members of the Board of Directors, senators, and interested media will be present at the podium of the Senate Session Hall. Two ballot boxes will be placed and a consecutive number will be assigned to a series of spheres. The president of the Board of Directors will explain the details of the procedure, outlining the positions that will require drawing and those that will not, in addition to indicating the order in which it will be carried out.
The procedure includes the drawing of various positions such as District Judges, Circuit Magistrates, Members of the Judicial Discipline Tribunal, and others. Each position will be assigned randomly following a predefined process aimed at determining the number of women and men that should be nominated for each position of the Federation's Judiciary.
