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Jalisco Congress Fast-Tracks Judicial Reform Draft, Leaving MC Out

The measure still faces co-committee review plus a two-thirds plenary vote that its backers have yet to lock down.

Aún debe votarse en el pleno, con 26 de los 38 legisladores.
Los legisladores avalaron el dictamen sin leer 125 cuartillas en apenas unos minutos.

Overview

  • Six blocs — Morena, PAN, PRI, Hagamos, Futuro, PT and an independent — approved a 125-page draft in the Constitutional Points committee during a seven-minute session called with about an hour’s notice, excluding MC and the Green Party.
  • The session’s speed drew transparency complaints as the Parliament Channel team could not record the meeting.
  • The draft removes routine use of the lottery mechanism, creating a Selection Committee that will administer a knowledge exam designed by a Mexico City evaluator, with the lottery reserved only as a tiebreaker.
  • The plan aligns judicial contests with 20 electoral districts and would renew 34 Supreme Court of Justice of the State magistrates, nearly 300 judges, 10 Administrative Tribunal magistrates, and members of new administration and discipline bodies replacing the Judicial Council.
  • Passage still requires review by the Security and Justice commission and a qualified majority of 26 of 38 in the full chamber; supporters currently count 25 votes as MC vows opposition and labels the push a legislative “madruguete,” also disputing that the lottery has been eliminated.