Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña, in his capacity as president of the Board of Directors, informed the full Senate of the Republic about the receipt of the resignations and declines of eight out of eleven ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice. These resignations will be effective from the last day of August 2025, at which point the newly elected ministers of the Court will begin their duties.
Among the ministers who submitted their resignations are the president minister of the Court, Norma Lucía Piña Hernández, minister Margarita Ríos Farjat, and ministers Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena, Juan Luis González Alcántara, Luis María Aguilar Morales, Jorge Mario Pardo Rebolledo, Javier Laynez Potisek, and Alberto Pérez Dayán. Senator Noroña clarified that these resignations are within the constitutional timeframe that allows ministers to resign in order to participate in the 2025 election and receive their retirement benefits.
In response to the claims of PAN member Ricardo Anaya, who suggested that the resignations were due to threats following the approval of the 4T Judicial Reform, Fernández Noroña stated that they were unaware of such threats and encouraged the ministers to file the corresponding complaints if necessary. In social media, the resignation letter of Norma Piña was leaked, in which she explains that her resignation aims to be consistent with the current constitutional text in the country.
For her part, Margarita Ríos Farjat announced not only her resignation from participating in the popular election of 2025 but also from the lifetime pension that her seven colleagues will receive. Carolina Viggiano, a PRI senator, requested that all resignation letters from the ministers be accepted by the Board of Directors, as some of them cannot do it personally and send authorized representatives.
Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña displayed the resignation letters and referred to the Court ministers in derogatory terms, using a qualifier that referenced the previous criticism of PAN member Lilly Téllez.
