Minister Alberto Pérez Dayán’s opinion that the highest court does not have the power to weigh in on constitutional reforms prevented the SCJN from reaching the required eight votes for annulment
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Meanwhile, opposition party members argued that Morena-allied retired SCJN ministers who hold positions in the current government still benefit from their retirement pensions
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Despite the resignation announcements, the SCJN ministers will remain in their positions until August 2025
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Sheinbaum refuted the idea that the SCJN’s decision was a true attempt to seize power, calling it a “watered-down coup, not a coup d’état”
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However, critics argue that the reform could compromise Mexico’s judicial independence and weaken the nation’s system of checks and balances
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The vote on the judicial reform, which has already passed through the Chamber of Deputies, is expected to be completed in the Mexican Senate on Wednesday. Sep. 11
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Now, with the oath of office taken by the elected officials, the National Regeneration Movement can push through its controversial judicial reform without opposition pushback
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The judicial acknowledgment means the National Regeneration Movement and its allies will have the qualified majority necessary to pass through changes to the Mexican Constitution without opppsition
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The former SCJN president will now serve as Sheinbaum’s Presidential Coordinator of Policy and Government beginning Oct. 1
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However, Minister Yasmín Esquivel’s resignation request failed to receive any support from her fellow SCJN ministers
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