Mexico: López Obrador “doesn’t trust” the Supreme Court after the arrival of the new president

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Thursday “doesn’t trust” Supreme Court justices of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), which on 2 January elected Norma Piña as its first female president.

“I do not trust), maybe in a few, one, two or three. Most are from the old regime and lack the courage to implement a fundamental reform of the judiciary,” he said in his morning press conference.

The president made these statements questioning his confidence in the SCJN after the National Electoral Institute (INE) announced it appeal to the Supreme Court the electoral reform of the government because dynamic democracy. and affects the organization of elections.

“Cleaning” the Judiciary

The president commented that the Supreme Court “must cleanse the judiciary of corruption”.

“Yesterday I was told that the Chief Justice was talking about having to do it reactivate the entire anti-corruption systemWell, let’s start with the judiciary, it has a lot of work, ”he said.

López Obrador recalled the “campaign against” Yasmín Esquivel, a minister he proposed in 2019 and accused of having plagiarized his thesis since last December, when He was trying to be Chief Justice.

The president has already acknowledged “differences” with Piña because she “he always voted against the initiatives” that your government has defended.

In this sense, this Thursday he admitted that he had not met her because “there is no need, there is no deal to deal with” despite His meetings with the former president were known of the SCJN Arturo Zaldívar, whose mandate before the Supreme him I try to prolong

López Obrador has criticized the Court’s votes against his initiatives, such as electricity reform, and that judges release criminals based on due process.

“There is communication (of the government with Piña) because regardless of the differences we may have on this of the judges and on this behavior, which we will continue to underline, there is a joint work because it is in the general interest, in the interest of the people “, he said.

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