Overview
- The Órgano de Administración Judicial and Supreme Court president Hugo Aguilar agreed Saturday with OAJ head Néstor Vargas and union leaders to strip any reference that evaluations could cause separation from post and to revise the published rule.
- The pact eliminates discretionary factors that worried staff, including the proposed heavy weight for peer and judge opinions, and cancels extraordinary evaluations requested by tribunal chiefs.
- The agreement set up permanent mesas de trabajo to address rank‑and‑file concerns and led the Supreme Court to announce that courts would operate normally while revised rules await republication in the Diario Oficial.
- Roughly 32,000 career staff — secretarios proyectistas, actuarios and oficiales judiciales — were shielded from immediate dismissal risk, which defused nationwide protests, work stoppages and blockades.
- Constitutional scholars say the weekend pact may conflict with the 2025 Law of Judicial Career because that law links permanence to evaluation results, leaving the deal vulnerable to legal or political challenge as revisions are formalized.