Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña affirmed that there is no possibility that any judge can prosecute the president of the republic, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, for the publication of the reform of the Judicial Branch in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF).
In a press conference, the president of the Senate gave his support to the head of the Federal Executive Branch in response to the resolution issued by Nancy Juárez Salas, judge of the Nineteenth District Court in Veracruz, to eliminate the publication of the constitutional reform of the DOF.
He recalled that the changes to the Magna Carta were approved by the Congress of the Union by a qualified majority and by the majority of the state congresses, so they are now “current law in the country.”
“It is already established in the Constitution that the judging persons will be elected by the universal, secret and direct vote” of the citizens; These changes are no longer up for discussion and on the first Sunday in June 2025, judges, ministers and magistrates will be elected.
He said that a large number of judges have issued resolutions without any legal validity, because article 61 of the Amparo Law explicitly establishes that the amparo trial against a constitutional reform is not applicable.
The senator accused that the resolution of Judge Nancy Juárez Salas, who participated in the protests against the reform of the Judiciary and who intends to threaten the president of the republic “is political and intellectual nonsense, with no legal rigor.”
Fernández Noroña announced that there is already an agreement with the president of the Political Coordination Board of the Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo Monreal Ávila, to work in conference on the reforms that have yet to be approved, so that the legislative work is more solid.
He said that the next step for the consolidation of the reform of the Judiciary is the integration of the evaluation committees, which will be made up of five people with the best profiles in the area of Law, so that “the message is very powerful to the citizens.” , because the opponents expect a factional committee.”
In this sense, he affirmed that the process will not be a simulation, but that the judges chosen will be the most prepared, honorable and will guarantee the administration of justice.
Fernández Noroña criticized that after two months on strike, the workers of the Judicial Branch continue to be paid and that they only issue resolutions in their favor, for which he will request the intervention of the Federal Judiciary Council.
Sheinbaum answers judge
During the morning conference, Sheinbaum During his morning conference, Sheinbaum accused the judge of violating the right to protection and questioned her intentions, since the modifications were published and even printed in physical format.
When the Legislature sends to President Andrés Manuel (López Obrador) the constitutional reform says ‘publish in the Official Gazette of the Federation’, that is, the Legislature orders the Executive to publish in the Diario; and now, a judge, completely violating the protection law, asks for it to be eliminated, what does that mean? Let it break? Because there are physical publications, what do they want? For it to be broken, for it to be deleted? What does delete mean?
“We are going to wait for the notification, but the moment it is received what the Legal Department will do is send a question to the Congress of the Union: is it feasible for a judge to ask for this?” he expressed.
The president indicated that she has not yet received official notification, but assured that when that happens, the Presidency will consult Congress to determine if it is possible to eliminate a reform through a court order.
As Sheinbaum explained, after consulting with the Legal Department, headed by Ernestina Godoy, a request to withdraw a DOF reform has not been registered in at least three decades.
“Imagine, I made a query to the Legal Department, and a notification to delete had never been received in 30 years (…),” he recalled.
The federal president argued that article 61 establishes that amparos are not appropriate to annul additions or reforms to the Constitution, and stated that by admitting these appeals, the judges are attacking the rule of law.
Likewise, Sheinbaum Pardo assured that all constitutional procedures for the reform were complied with, but the judges have accepted legal actions to stop it.
The president also expressed her indignation at being accused of contempt and gender-based political violence as a result of the order issued by Judge Juárez.
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