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Senate Weighs Changes to Sheinbaum’s Amparo Overhaul as Review Begins

Opponents warn that limits on suspensions plus an impossibility-to-comply escape could weaken constitutional protections.

Overview

  • Senate commission leaders signaled the bill will be adjusted and plan at least a brief conversatorio with litigators and academics before any votes.
  • The initiative, sent as part of a second package to implement the judicial reform, seeks faster proceedings through a digital amparo, firm deadlines such as 60-day rulings and up to six months for fiscal summary cases, and curbs on serial fiscal amparos.
  • The draft restricts suspensions by barring provisional relief in UIF account-freeze cases and adds new grounds to deny suspensions in fiscal, financial and public‑debt matters, while safeguarding funds for labor, tax and alimony obligations during freezes.
  • A clause allowing authorities to demonstrate material or legal impossibility to execute amparo judgments drew warnings from senators who want tighter limits to prevent de facto noncompliance.
  • Morena defends the plan as modernization against abuses, the PAN brands it a “manzana envenenada,” the INCAM flags risks to interés legítimo and access to justice, and the Supreme Court’s president said he may send observations to the Senate.