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Mexico’s Supreme Court President to Reassign 40% of His Office Staff by Oct. 1

Aguilar says the reshuffle supports his new duty to draft cases for the Pleno.

Overview

  • Aguilar and the Court said the change is an internal redistribution with personnel reallocated to other areas rather than layoffs.
  • His ponencia will shift from 8 secretarios de estudio y cuenta, 12 auxiliares and 39 support staff to 7, 8 and 25, while a Coordinación de Dictaminación remains with 1 coordinator, 12 secretarios de estudio y cuenta, 5 auxiliares, 1 dictaminador and 15 support staff.
  • The clarification followed reporting that the presidency began with roughly 97 advisers and a monthly payroll exceeding six million pesos.
  • Appointments including Vidulfo Rosales and Daniel Wong Ibarra have drawn scrutiny over adviser profiles and compensation.
  • Early plenary rulings narrowed ex officio review of failures to consult persons with disabilities, which a retired minister called regressive, as the Court also reduces security, extends plenary sittings to four days weekly and schedules sessions outside the capital.