The president minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), Norma Lucía Piña Hernández, submitted her resignation this Wednesday along with 7 of the 11 ministers of the Highest Court. This act was described as "an act of consistency" amid protests against the controversial judicial reform promoted by President Claudia Sheinbaum. The resignation will take effect in August 2025 and also implies that she will not compete to continue being part of the Supreme Court in next year's judicial election.
Norma Piña expressed in a letter sent to the Senate President, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, that her resignation does not signify her agreement with the separation from the position for which she was originally appointed until December 10, 2030, but is an act of consistency and respect for the current constitutional text. The minister stated she is "proud" to have been part of the Federal Judiciary for 36 years, declining her candidacy for the extraordinary election of the judges who will hold positions in the Supreme Court.
Other ministers, such as Margarita Ríos Farjat, also sent letters to the Senate of the Republic declining to participate in the election and resigning from the retirement benefit to which they are entitled according to the judicial reform, committing to return it in case they receive it in whole or in part. These movements join the decision of other ministers like Juan Luis González Alcántara, Jorge Mario Pardo Rebolledo, and Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena, who have also announced they will not participate and will resign from their positions in disagreement with the reform.
The President of the Senate, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, confirmed that he has already received the resignation letters from the 8 ministers. So far, only Lenia Batres, Yazmín Esquivel, and Loreta Ortiz have expressed their interest in participating in the electoral process and are aligned with the current government.
