For the second time in its history, the workers of the Judicial power of the Federation (PJF) went out to demonstrate to demand that their independence be respected.
They gathered around the Angel of Independence, where they sang the song “Judiciary, national counterweight.”
Also They expressed complaints against the former president of the Supreme Court Arturo Zaldivarwho they called “a traitor to the country.”
Unlike the October rally, when organizers They asked that no mention be made of President López Obradoryesterday the cry of “out with the dictator” was present.
This new demonstration was called by the members of the judiciary to insist on their demand that the autonomy of the PJF be defended and against the initiative of the President of elect judges and ministers by popular vote, reduce their terms in office, as well as adjust their salaries.
Experts, intellectuals and even ministers of the Court, such as Juan Luis González Alcántara, have warned about the risks involved in exposing judges to these processes.
Among the attendees was the magistrate Froylán Álvarez Muñozwho considered that the election of judges by popular vote It is an attack on judicial independence. “In the PJF we are not the dictatorship of the toga, we are the guarantors of the Constitution,” he claimed.
Furthermore, the former director of the National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges of the PJF (Jufed) recalled that the principle of division of powers established in The Constitution prohibits interference and dependence between them.
Álvarez Muñoz expressed his support for the minister president of the Court. “We are worthily represented by a woman with loyalty to the principles of the jurisdictional function, Minister President Norma Lucía Piña”exclaimed the magistrate.
For his part, the magistrate Víctor Hugo Díaz Arellano accused President López Obrador of failing to fulfill his constitutional mandate. “Your will is not above that commitment, you also accepted that, if you did not fulfill it, that the nation would demand it from you. Be completely sure that this will happen,” he said, to which those present responded with “Out with López!, Out with López!”
Besides, He regretted the harassment that the judiciary has experienced throughout this six-year term by the government.
“The Judiciary has been attacked in a sustained manner,” such as with the reform to eliminate trusts and the reform to the Amnesty Law that empowers the President to release criminals, he listed.
Given this, Díaz Arellano maintained that “despite the above, the judges and ministers will continue standing and with our heads held high.”
