The Presidency of the Republic has announced the formation of an Evaluation Committee of the Executive Power, where former minister Arturo Zaldívar will participate as one of the five members responsible for proposing candidates for ministers, magistrates, and judges. This decision has generated controversy within Claudia Sheinbaum's team, as Zaldívar has been critical of his own legal theses, receives a pension that has been the subject of criticism, and has turned his back on the Supreme Court that he himself presided over.
The Committee is also composed of Javier Quijano, lawyer of AMLO, and Isabel Inés Romero, former president of the Superior Court of Justice of Veracruz, who was accused of nepotism for favoring her son for a position as a judge. These selections have raised suspicions about the transparency of the process.
Arturo Zaldívar, who currently receives a monthly pension of 192,584 pesos for his retirement as a minister, in addition to a salary for his position in the Presidential Coordination of Politics and Government, has become a central figure in current decisions. With eight of the eleven justices of the Supreme Court out of their positions, significant changes in this area are anticipated.
The reform of the "constitutional supremacy" has advanced with the approval of 20 state congresses, ensuring its upcoming ratification and publication in the Official Journal of the Federation. This new landscape raises doubts about the independence of the Judiciary and the true intention behind these decisions.
