Mexican Judges end Strike!
The national director of the National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges (JUFED), Juana Fuentes (c), speaks during a demonstration, in Mexico City, Mexico, 11 September 2024. EFE/ Sáshenka Gutiérrez

Mexican Judges end Strike!

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Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE).-

Mexico’s National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges agreed on Saturday to resume its activities after almost two months on strike, but vowed to continue protesting against the reform of Mexico’s judiciary through “other forms of protest.”

The Judges’ Association, known by its Spanish acronym Jufed and comprising some 1,600 judges and magistrates, began a work stoppage on 21 Aug., albeit with exceptions for “urgent matters.”

On Saturday, it announced in a statement that an internal vote had decided to call off the strike as of 16 Oct. in favor of other forms of protest, without saying which.

A total of 684 members voted in favor of returning to work, while 572 voted against.

Meanwhile, 55,000 court employees represented by a different union, who began their strike two days before the Jufed judges, decided on Friday to continue with their walkout.

The Jufed opposes the judicial reform promoted by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and supported by President Claudia Sheinbaum, which establishes popular elections for judges and magistrates, on the grounds that it will allow interference in the judiciary by the government and special interest groups.

Jufed demanded that the Federal Council of the Judiciary abide by the injunctions issued by several district judges who ordered the postponement of the special elections for judges scheduled by the reform for June 1, 2025.

The association argued that complying with the injunctions would “return our country to the path of legality and respect for the separation of powers that characterizes all democratic states governed by the rule of law.”

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The reform has been criticized by various international organizations, who claim that it would radically alter the balance of power in Mexico, removing important checks and balances and making it easier to politicize the legal system.

Sheinbaum insisted Saturday that the reform will be “beneficial” because there is a great deal of corruption in Mexico’s courts. EFE

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