MEXICO CITY — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar stated Thursday a judicial overhaul proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presents a “risk” to Mexico’s democracy and “threatens the historical industrial relationship” inbetween Mexico and the U.S.
The proposition, consistingof a arrangement to need judges be chosen, hasactually stimulated a intense protest from financiers and monetary organizations in current days, with the Mexican peso gradually dropping in currency markets.
“Democracies can’t function without a strong, independent and non-corrupt judicial branch,” Salazar informed pressreporters. “Any judicial reform requires to have safeguards that the judicial branch is enhanced, and not the subject to political conditions.”
He stated the proposed overhaul would “help cartels and other bad stars take benefit of unskilled judges with political inspirations,” and “create turbulence” both financially and politically for years to come.
The procedures would permit practically anybody with a law degree with a coupleof years experience as a attorney to endedupbeing a judge through popular vote.
Given significant electoral wins by López Obrador’s Morena celebration in June, academics, monetary organizations and court workers state the modifications would pave the method to stack courts with politically prejudiced judges. That might hand the governing celebration control all 3 branches of federalgovernment and dealing a blow to checks and balances,