Minister Hugo Aguilar Ortiz declared to hundreds of attendees in Chiapas: 'We hope you see that we are of flesh and blood, that we belong to the people, and that it is we who do justice.' A few days before the event and in the wake of a wave of criticism, the minister affirmed that it was not 'a theatrical performance' and that the decision to open the door to indigenous community governments across the country to self-govern and have their own budget was not made lightly. 'I did not say: 'We are not going to put on a play, we are going to session as we should,' he added. In the unprecedented session, where the topic of self-government was discussed in Spanish and translated into Tzotzil and Tzeltal languages, the Plenary granted an amparo to the community of La Candelaria. 'And this is the new face of justice, a justice that will walk hand in hand with the people [...]. In front of more than two thousand people from indigenous communities in the municipality of Tenejapa, Chiapas, the presiding minister Hugo Aguilar Ortiz presented last Thursday to the Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation as 'the new face of justice.' The members of the country's highest court decided to hold extraordinary sessions outside its headquarters in the emblematic Pino Suárez building to hold them directly in the communities, mainly the most vulnerable, and to deal with matters that concern them. 'If you believe that an exercise of this nature has no utility, talk to the litigants. I do not see that the Court has a unanimous thought,' said Aguilar. Following the Supreme Court's decision, PAN defended Cabeza de Vaca. 'As you saw, they deviated from paragraphs, made proposals, the proposal was voted on, the proposal did not win, that is, we sessioned as we session in the Court and I must tell you that we also did not hold a prior meeting to see how they were going to vote. The sentence orders the Congress of Chiapas to legislate and issue a law that recognizes that communities can exercise their free right to autonomy and self-govern. And I hope that in some itinerant session, there will also be a dissenting voice. I am not used to that.'
