Comments on: Polls on Morena’s judicial reform show the majority of Mexicans support it

By: Bradford Burns

Bradford Burns — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:14:14 +0000

3,800 people is a good start by far too small a sample size for a country of 129MM people. I’m not a statistician so I could be wrong but I need to know more about the 95% confidence limit. On the other hand Morena won nearly the entire country, the majority or plurality, so I don’t know. I guess I’m kind of depressed about the results and what it means and how it will be used to provide support for what I think are dangerous changes to a very fine democracy

By: S Park

S Park — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 04:43:05 +0000

With unqualified judges elected by an uninformed electorate, you can expect to see erosion of the rule of law in Mexico. The dramatic drop in the value of the peso since the election is a sign of the concern by investors. Nissan-Mercedes-Renault announced the plan to close their joint manufacturing operation in Aguascalientes today. They specifically cited their concerns about the current “reform” programs planned.

By: Brendan Alexander

Brendan Alexander — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:32:14 +0000

In reply to Robert Burns.

Yes that was my point. Old PRI, meet new PRI, dressed up with Amlo populism.

By: Meizhu Lui

Meizhu Lui — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 05:31:33 +0000

There are 6 registered parties. You must get more than 3% of the popular vote to be registered (which means you receive government funding; this is very different from the US.) In the June 2 election, Morena won overwhelmingly. That’s not a one-party state, and no one – there were many international observers – found any fraud. What the result shows is huge support for Morena, and a rejection of the PRI/PAN/PRD coalition, which ran with no platform to speak of. They ran a really poor campaign. All Xochitl did was call Claudia names. This is not similar to the PRI dominance of 70 years, which ruled through both corruption and clientelism. The free and fair vote of the people for one party is not “one-party rule.” It’s democracy.

By: Robert Burns

Robert Burns — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 04:33:53 +0000

In reply to Brendan Alexander.

It was a one-party State with the P.R.I. for a very long time. Now, I’m not in favor of a one-party State.

By: Robert Burns

Robert Burns — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 04:32:54 +0000

In reply to diegomonlava@gmail.com.

I don’t know enough to definitively take sides. I’d like to think that the poll is not a set up and, indeed, I’ve heard of no contrary polling. As a lawyer familiar with a different system of judicial accountability in Alta California and none at the Ido Federal Supreme Court, an alternative would be the Alta California approach of the Executive appointing Judges subject to retention, recall, and vacancy elections with the vast majority taking office by appointment and the State High Court appointments involving the Commission on Judicial Nominee Evaluation. The Federal system in the U.S.A. is scandalous, it appears that the judicial system in México is as well; but, that won’t necessarily end with elections esp. excessive elections.

By: Brendan Alexander

Brendan Alexander — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 01:45:38 +0000

Mexico is on the cusp of becoming one party state. Making the judiciary subservient to the New PRI, ur, sorry, Morena, what could go wrong?

By: diegomonlava@gmail.com

diegomonlava@gmail.com — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 01:01:47 +0000

The judicial reform is only contraversial for the dying debunked Mexican ruling class (oligarchs, corrupt politicians and white collar criminals). You hear of the so called contraversy in mainstream media because as I have explained in the past, the media is owned by the ruling class. The vastl majority of Mexicans are well aware of the corrupt judicial branch as evidenced by polls. You must understand Mexico’s history to have a coherent opinion. The judicial system is corrupt as hell and it will be reformed. Without president Obrador this would of never happened. It’s now part of Mexico’s transformation. Claudia will see it through!

By: NomadAsh Conrad

NomadAsh Conrad — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:49:56 +0000

“Reform” That’s what you call creating a Kangaroo court? So let’s get this straight, the Morena’s party hires a poll to find in their favor, from selected poll recipients, to say the overwhelming Mexican population favors the government to put forth their favorite choices for judges, and eliminating all others, and somehow this is good for the people. This is called AUTHORITARIANISM. Plain and simple, taking the judicial branch of the government away and replacing it with this nonsense. A very, very dangerous path, my friends. DO NOT…. DO NOT…. LET THIS HAPPEN