Hundreds tonight Demonstrators gathered in front of the General Rectorate of the University of Guadalajara and marched to Jalisco’s Legislative Palace.In which they read the petition asking the LXIII and LXIV Legislatures of the state Congress to request the Federal Legislative Branch to stop the process of approving the reform of the Judicial Branch.
Around 8:00 p.m. the group of more than 1,700 people, according to the rally organizers, began marching toward the city center. Amid heavy rain, protesters chanted “UDG, join the fight” and chanted “You can see it, you can feel it, we are the force that makes the president uncomfortable.”
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“We have always been united for agreements and dialogues, but the ruling party did not want them because they did not want to enrich reforms, because reforms supported its special interests.Setting profiles of political figures in place of judges and magistrates. What next? “We’re going to start getting more radical, we’re going to start getting more energetic,” said Raziel Torres, undersecretary of Section 20 of the Federal Judicial Branch Workers Union in Jalisco.
Torres, the most representative voice of the movement against judicial reform, noted that they do not rule out road closures and airport collapses as the next movement if the reforms are approved.
“If approved yes, they will be the next measure because the approval of the reforms, as they come, will affect the country more than any road closure. It will affect the country more than closing an airport. What we are doing here has not been done in Venezuela, has not been done in Nicaragua, has not been done in Cuba. “We believe that this month will define the rest of our lives in Mexico,” he added.
Contingentwhich was slowly losing members due to the heavy rains that fell in the central zone of Guadalajara, Organizers gathered in front of the Legislative Palace to hear and sign the petition they presented to the crowd.
Javier Contreras, Law Professor Tecnológico de MonterreyRead the said document, which highlights that “the need for the administration of justice in our country invites the Federal Legislature to conduct an open, impartial, thorough and critical parliamentary process, which takes into account the opinions and efforts of experts. Universities, bar associations and civil society organizations.”
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Furthermore, in the request document, which consists of five points, the Federal Legislature is asked to “incorporate the observations and recommendations collected from the judicial branches of the Federation into the consultation exercise they themselves carry out.”
Also Professionalization and specialization of judges as well as transparent, objective and skill-based selection process are requested to be prioritized.. And, if the judicial reform was approved, the protesters asked Jalisco’s Congress to “exercise its sovereignty and power as a counterweight to this federal system, voting against it, calling on its opponents to do the same.” .
In the petition document, which this media had access to, local deputies are asked to take a firm stand against the reforms promoted by the ruling party, which it describes as a violation of human rights.
“The fact that the federal executive and legislative powers operate with the secrecy, haste, and opacity with which they are promoting a potential constitutional reform that seeks profound changes in judicial power has raised legitimate doubts among many citizens as to what it is? Indeed, a direct attack on the very concept of democracy and republican government. Trying to,” the document reads.
Finally those who signed the petition They believe that Jalisco is the deputy “They will know how to weigh the importance of these reforms and make decisions that will ensure a justice system that is impartial, efficient and truly serves society.”
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