Politics Country October 31, 2024

González Alcántara's Judicial Reform Proposal

The proposal by Minister González Alcántara aims to partially validate the judicial reform amidst concerns of dismantling the judiciary. It highlights the need for constitutional self-restraint and political legitimacy in judicial actions, fostering dialogue and reflection within the legal framework of democracy.


González Alcántara's Judicial Reform Proposal

Minister González Alcántara presented a project that proposes partially validating the judicial reform as an attempt to find a balance against efforts to dismantle the Judicial Branch. The project addresses the issue of the unconstitutionality of the reform from different perspectives and emphasizes the importance of legitimacy in the actions of constitutional courts.

In this sense, the decision of the eight ministers not to opt for automatic passage to the ballot is interpreted as a measure to avoid constitutional chaos and promote ethical responsibility in decision-making. The importance of acting from the ethics of responsibility and accepting the reflective balance proposed by the speaker and the seven honorable ministers is highlighted.

The project offers the opportunity to undertake a serious judicial reform by validating a majority model of configuration of the Judicial Branch. The possibility of safeguarding temporal power among future generations through institutional reform is proposed. The importance of finding a responsible solution to maintain the legitimacy of the Constitutional Court and the Constitution is emphasized.

The possibility of a strategic resignation to preserve a way of life in the face of the inevitable is mentioned, as well as the hope for a shared sense of patriotism that honors the founding order of the nation. The importance of prudence and setting limits on the reform function, recognizing the legal competencies of constitutional bodies, is emphasized.

In the context of a challenge to constitutional stability, the need for the Constitutional Court to find a response that induces self-restraint of unleashed power is proposed. The importance of understanding the dual role of the Constitutional Court as a jurisdictional and political body in times of constitutional crisis is highlighted.