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By KELIN DILLON

In a decision made on Wednesday, Oct. 9, Mexico’s Federal Judicial Council (CJF) decided against interfering with the implementation of the nation’s controversial judicial reform, disregarding the suspensions issued to halt the process. 

With this decision in hand, the CVJ agreed to provide the Senate of the Republic with the lists of judges, enabling the Senate to initiate the election process for judges and magistrates in 2025.

Sources within the judicial branch say that Ministers Sergio Javier Molina Martínez, Bernardo Bátiz, Verónica De Gyves Zárate, and Celia Maya García voted against interfering with the reform, while Chief Justice Norma Piña, José Alfonso Montalvo Martínez, and Lilia Mónica López Benítez voted to comply with the suspensions.

That same day, Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña announced that the CJF had agreed to provide the Senate with the necessary public information to elect judges and ministers.

Fernández Noroña subsequently declared that a meeting will be held on Saturday, Oct. 12, to draw lots for the positions open for election.

The Mexican Senate is required to issue the call for the judicial election by Oct. 16, so evaluation committees can be established by October 31 to ensure that the selected candidates for Mexico’s judicial positions are sufficiently qualified for their roles.