The minister of the Supreme Court and author of a controversial judicial reform project that will be addressed by the country's highest judicial institution next Tuesday, Juan Luis González Alcántara Carrancá, expressed his concern about what he termed an imminent constitutional crisis. In an interview with Radio Fórmula, he indicated that if the resulting ruling is not complied with, the people could be left without a Supreme Court.
In the project presented by González Alcántara, it is proposed to declare the election of judges and magistrates through popular vote unconstitutional, but it advocates for involving citizens in the election of the members of the Supreme Court and the Electoral Tribunal. The minister argued that, beyond the power held, the importance of justice and the role of the people in this process must be considered.
One of the points that generated controversy was related to the pensions of the Court ministers, especially in the case of resignations, which led to accusations from certain sectors against González Alcántara for alleged interests in weakening the Judiciary. In response, the minister emphasized that it is vital to comply with judicial resolutions and that no one should seek to interfere with them in advance.
In response to the criticisms, the head of state Claudia Sheinbaum and the coordinator of the majority party in San Lázaro, Ricardo Monreal, did not hesitate to question the reform project proposed by González Alcántara, calling it a "barbarity" in Monreal's case and accusing the ministers of authoritarianism in Sheinbaum's case. However, González Alcántara maintained that the Court has the authority to proclaim the reform in question as unconstitutional, given that it is analyzing the arguments from different political parties regarding it.
