Overview
- He begins a two-year term through October 2027 as the first TEPJF president chosen by popular vote in the June 1 judicial election.
- His program centers on functional collegiality, a tribunal closer to citizens, rulings that bolster stability and governability, an orderly budget rationalization, and justice with a human face attentive to regional diversity.
- He asserted the tribunal belongs to the Mexican State, said he owes his post to no politician, and vowed to resist pressure while reviewing spending without compromising independence.
- Supreme Court president Hugo Aguilar attended the investiture, defended the judicial reform and the Court’s independence, and urged electoral justice that fully safeguards women’s political rights.
- Former SCJN president Norma Piña warned the reform advanced through ‘sobrerrepresentación’ in Congress and created a ‘perfect storm’ for cooptation, as the tribunal operates with a vacancy after Janine Otálora’s exit and recently revoked INE fines on 188 aspirants, with reports that Bátiz and Claudia Valle left that related session.