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Lower House Poised to Drop Retroactivity From Amparo Reform as Senate Fixes Errors

Leaders cite legal concerns over retroactive effects to align the bill with constitutional limits.

Overview

  • Morena floor leader Ricardo Monreal said the Chamber of Deputies’ Justice Commission will likely delete or alter the retroactive clause once the corrected text arrives, with an eight to ten day path to approval.
  • The Senate has not yet transmitted the minuta as staff correct what a PRI senator called numerous drafting errors, and delivery to San Lázaro is expected Monday or Tuesday for plenary reading midweek.
  • The Senate approved the reform package on October 2 with procedural and substantive changes, adding a last‑minute transitory by Senator Manuel Huerta that would apply the new rules to cases already in process.
  • Former Supreme Court minister Arturo Zaldívar and President Claudia Sheinbaum urged changes to avoid retroactivity, and Senator Enrique Inzunza proposed language limiting application to procedural rules only.
  • Several Morena senators expressed anger over being blamed for the retroactive transitory, saying party coordination pressed them to back it as a request from higher up.