Hugo Aguilar Ortiz is emerging as the next president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) as of September 1, according to the progress of judicial district computations.
The defender of the rights of indigenous peoples is at the head of the preferences to have 4 million 366,427 votes (5,1828%), according to INE data at 6:30 p.m. on Monday and with 78.8% of the computed records.
Originally from Villa Guadalupe Victoria, Oaxaca, they are a member of the Mixtec and speaker people of Tu’un Savi (Mixteco).
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Aguilar Ortiz graduated in Law from the Autonomous University “Benito Juárez” of Oaxaca with a thesis on legal pluralism and indigenous electoral systems, and has master’s studies in constitutional law, according to the curriculum vitae available in the INE.
Professional career
Hugo Aguilar advised and represented indigenous communities in agricultural and political-electoral conflicts under internal normative systems.
The candidate promoted constitutional controversies against laws that did not contemplate the indigenous media and questioned constitutional reforms in the field of indigenous rights before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
In addition, he collaborated with the EZLN in proposals for constitutional reforms.
Aguilar Ortiz was Undersecretary of Indigenous Rights of Oaxaca (2011-2015) and Director of Indigenous Regulatory Systems of the State Electoral and Citizen Participation Institute (2016-2018), where he coordinated the Catalog of Municipalities that choose for uses and customs.
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Currently, at the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples coordinates consultations on projects and for constitutional reform on indigenous and Afromexican rights. He is also technical secretary of the National Council of Indigenous Peoples.
Recognized with the National Award for Indigenous Youth in 2001, Hugo Aguilar Ortiz is also a speaker in academic forums and author of publications on legal pluralism and indigenous rights.
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