The president of Mexico López Obrador sent this Wednesday a shortlist of women to the Mexican Senate to elect the new minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN)among whom are the sisters of the Secretary of the Interior and the head of Government of Mexico City.
The candidates to replace Arturo Zaldivar (who resigned a week ago to soon join presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum) are Bertha María Alcalde Lujánsister of the Secretary of the Interior (Interior) Luisa María Alcalde Luján; Lenia Batres Guadarramasister of the capital’s mayor, Martí Batres, and María Estela Ríos Gonzálezcurrent legal advisor to López Obrador.
In a message on the social network X (formerly Twitter) the president of the Mexican Senate Ana Lilia Rivera announced the candidates.
As president of the Mexican Senate, I have informed the Plenary that we received the shortlist of Ministers to fill the vacancy in the SCJN, after accepting the resignation of Minister Zaldívar,” Rivera wrote and noted the names of Mayor Luján, Batres Guadarrama and Ríos González.
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This Wednesday, The Mexican Senate approved the resignation of Arturo Zaldívar as minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN)who presented his resignation and it was accepted by President López Obrador on November 7.
With 63 votes in favor, 43 against and zero abstentions, the Senate “approves the resignation of Arturo Zaldívar from the position of minister of the SCJN,” said the president of the Mexican Senate Ana Lilia Rivera.
During the discussion this Wednesday, the opposition senators, who voted against, pointed out that the resignation of the now former minister was unconstitutional because the Constitution only contemplates resigning for “serious causes.”
In fact, in the discussion, beyond the positions and criticisms against the resignation, the Mexican senators did not delve into the “serious” reasons required by the Constitution to support the resignation of an SCJN minister.
With this procedure, the process was concluded after on November 8, López Obrador accepted the resignation of Zaldívar, who a day earlier presented his resignation and supported Claudia Sheinbaum, presidential candidate of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
Zaldívar, who presided over the Supreme Court from 2019 to 2022 and was due to conclude his term in December 2024, announced his resignation on November 7 and, two hours later, appeared in a photograph on Sheinbaum’s X social network account.
Accused of being too close to López Obrador, Zaldívar is the second minister to resign from the Supreme Court since 2019, when Eduardo Medina-Mora resigned amid alleged pressure from the Government.
His resignation also causes controversy because it will allow López Obrador to propose a new minister, with which he will have nominated a record five of the 11 members of the Court in his mandate.
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