TheAltWorld Why Does the US Not Want Mexico to Vote for Their Own Judges?
- Rania Khalek
- Friday 6 Sep 24
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Mexico froze relations with the US and Canadian ambassadors after they criticized the Mexican President’s recent proposal for judicial reform. The reforms, which were passed by the lower house of Congress on Wednesday, would elect judges and Supreme Court justices based on a popular vote. The US ambassador said the move would threaten Mexico’s democracy and the Canadian ambassador said the reform could threaten Canadian investments. But why?
Kurt Hackbarth, host of Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast, joins the show to explain what this reform is really about and how it would change Mexico’s judicial system.
Mexico’s lower house of Congress passed reforms allowing judges to be elected by the people, rather than appointed– and the US is not happy about it.
Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
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