Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum stated this Sunday that on June 1st, when the first elections for the Judicial Branch are held, the country will become the “most democratic in the world.”
“I like to say it, because it’s the truth, that this June 1st we are going to demonstrate that Mexico is the most democratic country in the world, because we are not only going to elect a president, governors, deputies, senators, but also the entire Judicial Branch,” the president said while leading an event in the central state of Hidalgo.
During the launch of the Housing for Welfare program in the Hidalgo municipality of San Agustín Tlaxiaca, the Mexican leader recalled that next June 1st Mexicans will elect judges, magistrates, and ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).
“That will make us the most democratic country that exists anywhere on our planet,” she insisted.
The controversial reform of the Judicial Branch has led to concerns from various organizations and institutions about the effects it will have on the country’s political, economic, and social aspects.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, warned last year about concerns over the “broad” implications for judicial independence in Mexico.
Mexico will have, in the first popular election of the Judicial Branch, a record of more than 100.4 million potential voters and 4,097 candidates, according to preliminary figures from the federal government.
