Morena deputies have argued that the judicial reform is contestable for two fundamental reasons. First, they argue that neither the Supreme Court nor the judges have the authority to annul decisions enshrined in the Constitution. Second, they indicate that the Constitution cannot contradict itself.
In a clear show of support for President Claudia Sheinbaum, Morena legislators expressed their backing amid the legal actions that have paralyzed the election of judges, magistrates, and ministers by popular vote. The coordinator of Morena in the Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo Monreal, disseminated the statement in which the legislators support the judicial reform approved by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
In this regard, the statement emphasizes that the reform to the Judiciary, despite the criticisms, is not unconstitutional nor does it violate the law. It stresses the impossibility of appealing, reviewing, or suspending such a constitutional decision, according to what has previously been admitted by the Judiciary itself.
In an unprecedented action, on October 17, Judge Nancy Juárez Salas of the Nineteenth District Court issued an order directed at President Sheinbaum and the Director of the Official Gazette of the Federation to eliminate the decree validating the judicial reform within a period of 24 hours. Failure to comply with the determination led the judge to threaten to involve the Federal Public Ministry.
Despite the court order, Sheinbaum assured that they would not stop the publication of the decree, citing the support obtained through the people's will at the polls. The defense of the decision reflects the stance that the Judiciary should not interfere in the acts of the Constitutional Reforming Power, considering that such interference would be contrary to legality and exceed its powers.
