The Congress of the Union has completed the legislative process of the reform known as 'constitutional supremacy', in a record time of only 10 days. Gerardo Fernández Noroña, president of the Senate's Board of Directors, has announced that he will request the Supreme Court to cancel all ongoing processes against the reform that mandates the election of judicial officials, just as the highest court is about to address the matter in a public session in five days.
The Morena party and its allies managed to carry out this expedited process thanks to their majority in both chambers of Congress, taking advantage of the rulings that granted them seats despite criticisms of overrepresentation. During the legislative process, Morena allowed only one change to the bill, eliminating the reform to the first constitutional article that proposed weakening the human rights protection system. In addition, 23 state legislatures controlled by Morena supported the reform in less than 24 hours.
The government and Morena's objective in promoting this reform was to prevent the Court from reviewing the change in the judicial law, which is scheduled to be discussed in a session this Tuesday, November 5. The project in question seeks to eliminate the election of judges and limit it to ministers and other high positions in the Judicial Power, and it is now expected that Morena will manage to prevent this discussion from taking place.
