Overview
- The Senate approved Godoy with 97 votes in favor, 19 against and 11 null or abstentions, and she immediately took the oath of office.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a three-person shortlist earlier the same day as the hearings, capping a compressed selection that followed Alejandro Gertz Manero’s resignation a week earlier.
- Godoy pledged that the FGR will not be used for political persecution, promised zero tolerance for torture, and vowed stronger internal anti-corruption controls and oversight.
- Movimiento Ciudadano backed her after she publicly agreed to adopt the party’s ten-point justice commitments, helping secure the supermajority needed.
- Opposition lawmakers criticized the speed of the process and questioned whether sensitive cases, including alleged fiscal fuel theft investigations, will be pursued without favoritism.