Overview
- Gilberto de Guzmán Bátiz was sworn in as TEPJF president for a two‑year term, becoming the first to reach the post by popular vote after winning 4,465,312 ballots in June.
- He laid out five priorities: functional collegiality, a tribunal closer to citizens, rulings that bolster stability, ordered administrative rationalization, and justice with a human face.
- Bátiz said the tribunal belongs to the Mexican state, not parties, pledged to resist pressure, and noted he neither produced nor distributed voting ‘acordeones’ as the Sala Superior recently revoked INE fines on 188 aspirants over their use.
- Supreme Court president Hugo Aguilar defended the reform as returning power to citizens and affirmed the Court’s autonomy, then faced pointed questions from UNAM law students about ‘acordeones’ and alleged Morena ties, which he did not address.
- Former SCJN chief Norma Piña reemerged at UNAM, calling the swift transformation a ‘perfect storm’ fueled by congressional overrepresentation, warning of a tough path to restore independence and stressing that it will be judged through future rulings.