Overview
- Gilberto de Guzmán Bátiz García assumed the presidency of the TEPJF’s Superior Chamber for the 2025–2027 term, becoming the first popularly elected head of the body.
- He outlined five priorities: functional collegiality, closer engagement with citizens, rulings that bolster stability and governability, orderly and rational administration, and justice with a human focus.
- He pledged spending rationality without compromising independence and noted a 2026 budget request of 4,009 million pesos compared with the current 3,749 million.
- He addressed criticism over election-day “acordeón” guides, denied ordering or distributing them, and had left a recent session—along with magistrate Claudia Valle—before the chamber revoked INE fines against 188 aspirants.
- The inaugural session included the Supreme Court president Hugo Aguilar Ortiz and other judicial leaders, with magistrate Janine Otálora separated from her post as Felipe Fuentes cited Bátiz’s 4,465,312 votes as reinforcing legitimacy.