Mexico’s Obrador enacts judicial reforms to elect judges by popular vote

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed into law judicial reforms to elect all judges by popular vote, a global first. He called it a “historic day” in a video alongside president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum. Critics fear cartel influence on elected judges, while Lopez Obrador argued the current system is corrupt and controlled by elites.

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