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Sandra Romandía

The sacrifice of judicial independence "in favor of the people".

My surprise was not that he defended the slate, but how he defended it: with arguments that border on the authoritarianism of a regime that decides what is "good for the people".
The sacrifice of judicial independence "in favor of the people".

By Sandra Romandía

Chiapas for the López Escandóns, Zacatecas for the Monreals, Guerrero for the Salgados, the CDMX for the Batres... PEMEX business for the López Adams as well as for the López y Asociados of Campeche; Campeche itself for the Sansores; secretariats and councils for the Meyers.

Cabinet and diplomatic posts for the Encinas family, years upon years of legislative positions for the Bejarano Padierna family, for the Ramírez Cuéllar family... The list can go on and on.

And now, the presidential slate proposed to fill the vacancy left by Minister Arturo Zaldívar in the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), which appeared yesterday in the Senate Justice Committee. A slate that benefits other family clans of the pro-worker clans and direct employees of the president.

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