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Mexico Senate Sets This Week Vote on Amparo Law Overhaul After Hearings Prompt Revisions

The Justice Committee chair says the draft will be revised to address concerns over access for communities and the reach of injunctions.

Overview

  • Senate leaders said commissions will finish the report Tuesday night or Wednesday and could bring the initiative to the floor as soon as Wednesday or Thursday.
  • Javier Corral, who leads the Justice Committee, called changes to the presidential draft inevitable and pledged clearer language to avoid limiting collective or diffuse rights.
  • The proposal tightens standing by redefining legitimate interest to require a real, current, differentiated harm and a certain, direct benefit, curbs provisional suspensions, and lets authorities claim material or legal impossibility to excuse compliance.
  • Civil-society organizations and jurists warned the plan would restrict access to justice for vulnerable groups, while business chambers COPARMEX and the CCE cautioned about reduced protections and legal uncertainty.
  • Opposition blocs (MC, PRI) accused Morena of a fast-track push, even as a poll reported by El Heraldo found 68% of respondents believe the reform would benefit the country.