Overview

• Norma Piña Hernández and Hugo Aguilar Ortiz met on July 8 to launch the formal transition process for the Supreme Court presidency.
• They were joined by official Gisela Morales González and Secretary General Natalia Reyes Heroles to form teams that will oversee handover operations.
• Aguilar Ortiz, who won 6.2 million votes in the June 1 election that reduced the bench to nine justices and created a disciplinary tribunal, will be sworn in on September 1 as the first indigenous SCJN president.
• He has pledged a zero-tolerance stance on corruption and nepotism and plans to integrate indigenous symbols into court sessions to reflect Mexico’s diversity.
• Transition planning will address more than 1,300 pending cases, enforce austerity measures and coordinate with the new Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial to uphold judicial conduct standards.