Transforming Mexico's Judiciary: A Call for Change

Candidates for the Supreme Court emphasize the need for judges with social sensitivity and impartial application of the Constitution. They call for accessible justice and a change in judicial legitimacy, focusing on citizen voting.


Transforming Mexico's Judiciary: A Call for Change

To renew the face of the Judiciary, candidates for ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation expressed the need for new judges to have sensitivity, social commitment, and to apply the Constitution impartially without yielding to political or factual pressures. Various participants in the sixth broadcast of Dialogue Tables by El Financiero Bloomberg highlighted the importance of making justice accessible equitably, simplifying the application of the law, and focusing on people, not on case files.

Edgar Corzo Sosa, president of the UN Human Rights committees, emphasized the relevance of having sensitive judges, committed to reality and legality to maintain independence between powers. María Estela Ríos González, former legal advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, mentioned the need for a paradigm shift to grant new legitimacy to the Judiciary through citizen voting and to avoid arbitrary decisions.

Raymundo Espinoza Hernández, a litigation attorney and specialist in Amparo Law, highlighted the importance of democratizing institutions like the Supreme Court, focusing on social justice, and maintaining political power independence. Silvia Escudero Mendoza, a lawyer with experience in Family Law, proposed ensuring judicial independence, applying justice with a gender perspective, and focusing on seeing the people behind the cases to promote a state of well-being with a dignified life.