Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies approved on Wednesday (30) a constitutional reform to ensure that amendments to the Constitution are unassailable, a measure that protects profound legal changes, such as the recent judicial reform, which includes the popular election of judges and magistrates. .
The decision, which received the approval of 340 of the 474 deputies present, involves amendments to articles 105 and 107 of the Constitution and was rejected by opposition parliamentarians, who described it as “authoritarian”. Last week, the Senate, where the government party also has a majority, had already approved the measure.
“The reform gives certainty and clarity to the constitutional text, preventing private interests from using judicial channels to prevent or reverse democratically approved reforms,” said Juan Luis Carrillo, deputy from the ruling Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM).
Promoted by the ruling Morena party and its allies, the measure seeks to reinforce the constitutional supremacy of Congress over the Judiciary, establishing that constitutional reforms are immune to challenges such as unconstitutionality actions and constitutional controversies.
The measure also provides for its retroactive application, which will prevent the Judiciary from reviewing the judicial reform at a time when the Supreme Court is preparing to decide next week on the constitutionality of the amendment, which shook markets and scared investors in the second largest economy in the world. Latin America.
“It is a historic setback that will take years to reverse and marks a before and after in the true balance of Powers,” said deputy Annia Gomez, from the opposition National Action Party (PAN), during the heated debate.
“The Constitution, which you are killing, will no longer be a barrier against the excesses of power,” he added.
This content was originally published in Mexico’s Congress changes constitution to protect judicial reform on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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