Overview

• The newly seated SCJN disavowed the anteproyecto approved under Norma Piña and directed the Judicial Administrative Body to revise the 2026 budget downward.
• The court asked the OAJ to open talks with the Chamber of Deputies, signaling a lower request consistent with stated austerity goals.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum urged Congress to reject the extra resources and assign them to priorities such as sport, culture, the INAH, universities, infrastructure, health and education.
• Sheinbaum emphasized that the Executive must transmit autonomous budgets unchanged and that only the legislature can alter those submissions.
• Figures in coverage differ on the size of the increase, with the president citing 15 billion pesos while La Jornada reports an 8.1% hike equal to 5,869 million pesos.