Eight of Mexico’s 11 Supreme Court justices have resigned and refused to participate in an election for the court scheduled for June, the court said Wednesday.
According to a statement, the president of the court, Norma Pina, submitted her resignation, as did Luis Maria Aguilar, Jorge Mario Pardo, Alfredo Gutierrez, Alberto Perez, Javier Laynez, Juan Luis Gonzalez and Margarita Rios.
Seven of the jurists’ resignations take effect on August 31, 2025, while Aguilar will step down on November 30.
The resignations are the result of a constitutional reform enacted last month that requires all judges to be elected by popular vote.
The reform requires judges to resign before the June election if they do not want to participate in the electoral process and wish to keep their pension, or risk losing it, sparking protests among judicial workers.
The list of resignations raises tensions between Mexico’s Supreme Court and the ruling bloc, raising the risk of a constitutional crisis as Congress and the presidency remain at odds with the judiciary over reform.
“It is necessary to emphasize that this resignation does not imply an implicit acceptance of the constitutionality of the reform,” Judge Gutierrez said in a resignation letter on Tuesday.
In his letter to the Senate on Wednesday, Rios said his resignation “should not be seen as an implicit endorsement of a (reform) framework that remains controversial.”
The 11-member Supreme Court will see its number reduced to nine as part of the reform. Three current judges publicly supported the reform.
This content was originally published in Mexico Supreme Court Judges Resign After Judicial Reform on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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