The university academic and former president of the Mexican Association of Judges, Lilia Mónica López Benítez, has reported irregularities in the list of candidates for the judicial election. It has been found that among the 4,224 registration of candidacies, there are errors such as the absence of basic information, such as CURP, email address, or phone number, among other data.
The most serious cases have been detected in the lists of candidates from the Judiciary, where none of the 955 candidates have the required information, and even a person who was not on the winners' list of the draw was included. In light of this situation, the National Electoral Institute (INE) requested the missing information from the Senate in order to approve the candidacies in the General Council.
The Senate responded to this request by sending a letter last Saturday, February 15, asserting that there were only 14 cases with incomplete information, which were delivered in CD format. The Electoral Institute has scheduled a session for today at noon to address this issue.
One of the most notable cases is that of Judge Lilia Mónica López Benítez, who was included in the final list of candidates despite not having applied. López Benítez communicated that she had resigned her candidacy to maintain her position as circuit judge, although she was included in the list sent by the Senate to the INE.
In a message shared on her social media, López Benítez expressed her surprise at seeing her name on the candidate list, stating that she had declined her candidacy before the Senate and the Federal Judiciary Council. The judge has been nominated by the Federal Executive, according to the list of candidates.
Lilia Mónica López Benítez is a Federal Judiciary councilor, circuit judge, and doctor of law, and has expressed her opposition to the judicial reform and to the irregularities that are occurring in the judicial election process. The errors in the preparation of this electoral process continue to be a cause for concern.
