Overview

• Nine ministers elected by popular vote took their constitutional oath in the Senate and led a late-night reopening of the Supreme Court’s main entrance in Mexico City.
• Minister President Hugo Aguilar Ortiz said the Court will seek for all elected judges, including the nine ministers, to earn less than the president under Article 127, with implementation pending the creation of the Órgano de Administración Judicial.
• Aguilar Ortiz cited an initial annual savings estimate of about 300 million pesos and said the Court will move to resolve cases of judicial officials who currently earn more than the president.
• The Court will review pensions for retired ministers, reported in a range of 205,000 to 385,000 pesos per month, and propose eliminating budgetary supports deemed excessive.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum attended the event and entered the building, while the next day reporters observed perimeter fencing and police controls that complicated public access, with one petitioner initially turned away before staff received her.