Judge Rosalba Guerrero Rodríguez wants to preside over the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City (TSJCDMX), if she succeeds, she would be the first woman to do so in 38 years, but to do so she must obtain the support of two thirds of the 79 judges that make up the Plenary, who must vote with a qualified majority.
Currently, Rafael Guerra Álvarez is the presiding magistrate of the TSJCDMX), who was supposed to leave the position on September 1 to return to his criminal justice system. However, one day before, the capital’s Congress approved the reform to the Organic Law of the local Judiciary, to standardize it with the judicial reform established in the CDMX Constitution, so the official was able to retain the position where he has been for the last six years.
But not only that, Guerra Álvarez also obtained the possibility of being reelected as the president of the TSJCDMX to hold the position until 2027, a process that will take place these days.
Due to the reforms approved by the local Congress to the Organic Law of the Judiciary, it will be until the 2027 elections that the votes of that year and 2025 count so that the magistrate who has obtained the most votes will be the first president of the Judiciary of Mexico City elected at the polls.
For this year’s election of the new president of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, Judge Rosalba Guerrero raised her hand, with her more than 37 years of support working in the Judiciary, and with a proposal focused on modernizing the institution and strengthening access to justice with a human and gender vision.
Also because the magistrate considers that the six years that Rafael Guerra Álvarez has been at the head of the TSJ are already enough and that it is time for the capital’s justice system to have a “woman’s face.”
“He began his administration in 2019 and now it has been six years and I believe that it is time for a replacement for the Court,” the judge has commented in different interviews such as the one granted to journalist Alejandro Cacho.
Rosalba Guerrero is confident of obtaining a qualified majority, which means the support of two-thirds of the 79 judges who will vote in the Plenary for the election of the president of the TSA who will remain in office until 2027.
“I want to invite my fellow magistrates to join a proposal for unity, justice close to the citizen and shared leadership,” he said.
The judge has also mentioned that some groups of Court workers have let her know that she can count on them, support that she considers essential to be able to obtain the presidency.
At the end of May, employees of the Judiciary stopped activities due to disagreement for more than two months, and demanded economic improvements, greater resources, both human and material, improvements in facilities and postponing the extinction of some courts.
For Rosalba Guerrero, as she told the magazine Proceso, the current president Rafael Guerra should have handled this conflict in a better way, since the workers held him responsible for the chaos that is experienced every day in the capital’s Judicial Branch.
The judge assured said weekly that she would have reconciled very well with the workers and would have established parameters to give them a guarantee that they would have better areas to work and better conditions.
Regarding what she would do if she became the president of the TSJCDMX, Guerrero Rodríguez has said on different occasions that she would create a Citizen Observatory that monitors the work of the judges, especially that of those recently elected by popular vote and who have been exposed on social networks and the media for their lack of knowledge of the matters for which they won the positions.
“That citizen complaints be dealt with by the Disciplinary Court so that we can have a more accurate parameter of where the points are where more attention should be paid,” he said.
women’s time
Judge of the Fifth Civil Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, Rosalba Guerrero firmly believes that it is time for the capital’s justice to have a “woman’s face,” as well as that the judicial backlog must be eliminated and the justice service brought closer to the citizens.
“Returning to the words of the president of the Republic and the head of government, it is time for women, it is time for the institution in the superior court of justice to resolve with a woman’s face,” said Guerrero Rodríguez.
Due to the above, the judge has also highlighted her commitment to the administration of justice with a gender perspective and to caring for vulnerable groups.
“I have always resolved with social sensitivity, seeking to make each person feel that justice belongs to them,” he told Alejandro Cacho.
“Faced with this historical moment of paradigm change, the role of Mexican women lawyers is to contribute to defending human dignity and seeking respect for our fellow human beings; but undoubtedly, to their credit, they must remain in accordance with the guidelines of the law, the honor and dignity that their profession entails, fighting against gender inequality,” she considers.
Who is Rosalba Guerrero Rodríguez?
In almost 4 decades within the Judiciary, Rosalba Guerrero Rodríguez has known the different levels of its structure, since she began her career as a secretary of court agreements, then she was a civil judge for 20 years and has currently been a magistrate for 11 years.
“I know the institution, its challenges and its strengths; that is why I want to work to overcome the gap and bring justice closer to the people,” he assured.
For the judge, it is essential that the TSJ have a direct relationship with society, promoting faster, more empathetic and transparent justice.
Guerrero Rodríguez considered it essential that the Superior Court of Justice maintain a direct relationship with society, promoting faster, more empathetic and transparent justice, as well as that judicial processes are more efficient and sensitive to new social realities, thanks to the implementation of modernization and training mechanisms.
“Access to justice cannot be seen only as a procedure; we must listen to and address people’s real problems, with the speed set by the Constitution and the humanity that current times require,” he has said in several forums.
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