150,000 MEXICANS VANISHED. In late August, protests all over Mexico arose in demand for the safe return of 150,000 disappeared. Now the ruling party’s bill for judicial reform has reached the Senate, where most expect it will pass. But the Mexican Catholic bishops’ conference stated that it wouldn’t bring the needed justice. Nor did it meet demands of the grieving loved ones of those disappeared during several decades of violence.
The bill, said Archbishop Gustavo Rodriguez, lacks a “comprehensive review of the judicial system.” Nor does it ensure a “more qualified administration of justice.” Instead, it requires that all 7,000 judges in Mexico stand for election. This sparked protests and criticisms that elections would upset the system of checks and balances. The US Ambassador Ken Salazar warned that such a move would threaten US-Mexican relations.
Will new president honor her commitment?
The ruling party President Lopez Obrador has often clashed with judges and claimed they were corrupt. But President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, from the same ruling Moreno party, will take office Oct. 1. She gave in to Catholic demands to sign a peace commitment for more extensive judicial reform. Bishop Ramon Castro said it “expresses the need of a comprehensive reconstruction of justice at all levels. It’s a request from Mexico’s society, especially from victims of widespread criminal violence.” Will she honor this commitment, which helped her get elected?
Another bishop, Javier Acero, joined a group of mothers seeking their disappeared children. Called “Axis of Churches,” they have appealed often to unresponsive government officials. Now he beseeches President-elect Sheinbaum: “I ask this on their behalf: As a mother, listen to these moms.”
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