According to the litigating lawyer Javier Aguilar Álvarez de Alba, in Mexico, the administration of justice falls on secretaries and projectors instead of ministers or magistrates. In an interview for Aristegui en Vivo, Álvarez de Alba, who is also a former federal magistrate, pointed out that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) faces such an enormous workload that it is humanly impossible to resolve more than 4,000 cases a year.
In light of this situation, many judgments are being drafted by study secretaries of the Supreme Court or project secretaries in federal courts, as neither ministers nor magistrates can personally address all the files they receive. Álvarez de Alba emphasized that in Mexico there is "a justice of secretaries, not of ministers."
In the current context of crisis, the lawyer suggested the need to establish a limit on the number of cases addressed in the Supreme Court, arguing that the court should not resolve between 150 and 200 matters a year, as is currently the case. He pointed out that a chamber of the SCJN currently has to resolve around 4,000 matters, which he considers an overwhelming burden.
Álvarez de Alba also commented that during the debate on judicial reform in Mexico, all parties involved lacked prudence and that the confrontation between the Judiciary of the Federation and the Executive and Legislative Powers has become a spectacle both nationally and internationally. He suggested that instead of a mere division of powers, Mexico needs a "harmonization of powers" so that judges and public prosecutors can effectively collaborate in the administration of justice.
