Overview
- Mexico’s election authority has warned that running the judicial selection alongside the 2027 constitutional elections would be logistically very difficult.
- Justice Yasmín Esquivel called for the INE’s technical assessment to guide decisions and said the Supreme Court cannot take a position because it may later hear challenges.
- Esquivel said a new date would not disrupt judicial operations, as current judges and magistrates would remain in their posts until Congress sets the process.
- The judicial renewal is staggered, with half the posts filled on June 1, 2025 and the remainder constitutionally scheduled for 2027.
- TEPJF president Mónica Soto said proposals to strengthen electoral laws are welcome and the tribunal is analyzing technical options, while officials urged reviewing restrictive campaign and financing rules that limited public awareness of the judicial contests.