The process of selecting ministers of the Court and magistrates of the Disciplinary Tribunal generated great interest, and around a hundred challenges were presented before the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF). The Morenista party emphasized the transparency of these procedures and rejected accusations of favoritism, arguing that it is a random and public process.
During the reception of lists, the president of the INE, Guadalupe Taddei, urged the candidates to respect electoral rules and the Constitution. For his part, the president of the Temporary Commission for the Extraordinary Process for the Election of the Judicial Power, Jorge Montaño, assured that parity in the contested positions will be reviewed and maintained.
In another context, Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña referred to the discussion that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) would carry out regarding a project so that TEPJF decisions do not prevail over those of federal judges and magistrates. Fernández Noroña dismissed the relevance of this decision, anticipating that it would not be taken into account, as he considers it would be illegal and they will not comply with an order that suspends the electoral process.
The Senate of the Republic delivered to the INE a total of 4,223 candidates for the judicial election, most of whom opted to exercise their right to automatic passage. Fernández Noroña detailed that the candidates were selected by the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Powers, and defended the electoral process against possible injunctions, arguing that the Court must resolve within the constitutional framework and accept that all human processes can have errors.
