Reform requires elections to be held in June 2025 to replace wide range of judicial positions, and reduce supreme court
Mexico’s supreme court has fallen short in a vote to invalidate part of a judicial reform passed by lawmakers in September that requires the election of all judges over the next few years.
After several hours of debate on the constitutionality of the judicial reform, only seven of the court’s 11 justices voted late on Tuesday to support a measure to roll back some of the reform’s key elements – one vote short of the eight required to pass it.
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