Is Mexico’s Supreme Court biased? Friday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum held her Friday greeting property league successful the larboard metropolis of Veracruz, the largest metropolis successful the authorities of the aforesaid name.

During her engagement with reporters, Sheinbaum was asked astir the alleged governmental leanings of the Supreme Court, portion Security Minister Omar García Harfuch fielded questions related to the grooming a radical of Mexican information unit is presently undertaking successful the United States.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Jan. 23 mañanera.

A biased Supreme Court? 

A newsman noted that the paper helium works for, El Universal, reported this week that the “new” Supreme Court (SCJN) — whose seat is present made up of 9 justices elected successful Mexico’s archetypal ever judicial elections past June — has handed down astatine slightest six rulings successful favour of reforms and decrees promoted by erstwhile President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

He besides stated that successful the astir 5 months since the caller justices were sworn in, the SCJN has not handed down immoderate ruling against reforms oregon decrees sponsored by López Obrador oregon Morena, the enactment AMLO founded.

The newsman subsequently asked Sheinbaum whether she saw “any bias” toward Morena successful Mexico’s Supreme Court, whose 9 justices are affiliated with, seen arsenic sympathetic to, oregon were astatine slightest tacitly supported by the ruling enactment successful past year’s judicial elections.

Following past year’s judicial reform, Mexico’s Supreme Court is present made up of 9 elected justices, respective of whom are oregon are perceived to beryllium affiliated with the Morena party. (Supreme Court)

The president responded that the Supreme Court itself would person to reply “those questions.”

She subsequently highlighted that the SCJN present holds “public sessions,” allowing Mexicans to get to cognize justices’ arguments successful enactment of their rulings.

In the past, Sheinbaum added, decisions were taken “in the dark.”

The president besides highlighted that the “previous court” — i.e. the SCJN earlier the justices elected past twelvemonth were sworn successful — “voted against everything,” a notation to assorted rulings it handed down against authorities initiatives during López Obrador’s presidency.

Published connected Thursday, El Universal’s study could beryllium cited by authorities critics arsenic impervious that the predetermination of Supreme Court justices successful a ballot promoted by Sheinbaum — and mostly boycotted by the absorption — has led to the elimination of a captious cheque connected enforcement and legislative power, arsenic they warned would occur.

However, 1 idiosyncratic who posted the nonfiction to societal media opined: “Does the Supreme Court person to regularisation against the authorities to make justice?”

García Harfuch: Mexican information unit were invited to acquisition grooming successful US

Six days aft Mexican information unit boarded a U.S. subject level astatine Toluca Airport to alert to the United States to acquisition training, a newsman asked García Harfuch to remark connected the benignant of drills successful which they would beryllium participating.

The information curate archetypal stressed that Mexican information personnel’s information successful grooming successful the United States is not a caller phenomenon, but alternatively thing that has occurred for “many years.”

He said that the grooming takes spot either aft an invitation from a U.S. authorization oregon upon the petition of the Mexican government.

The U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules airplane was spotted astatine Toluca International Airport connected Saturday, raising questions astir what a overseas subject craft was doing successful Mexico. (X)

“It’s ever been similar that,” García Harfuch said.

He said that “in this case,” the United States Northern Command extended an invitation to Mexican information unit to enactment successful “courses” focusing connected “tactical specializations,” including “shooting” and “investigation.”

García Harfuch said that the Security Ministry unit would enactment successful the U.S. for astir 40-45 days.

Asked whether they were astatine a subject basal successful the U.S., helium responded: “Yes, it’s a basal successful Mississippi, I think.”

The accomplishment of the U.S. Air Force level astatine Toluca Airport past Saturday came astatine a peculiarly delicate clip successful the Mexico-U.S. information narration arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier this period that the United States would statesman targeting Mexican cartels connected land. In addition, The New York Times reported connected Jan. 15 that the United States was “intensifying pressure” connected Mexico “to let U.S. subject forces to behaviour associated operations to dismantle fentanyl labs wrong the country.”

On Monday, Sheinbaum stressed that the U.S. Air Force level wasn’t carrying U.S. troops oregon weapons. She assured reporters that the accomplishment of the level successful Toluca wasn’t successful immoderate mode sinister, but alternatively a regular portion of bilateral information cooperation.

However, the president did concede that it would person been amended for the Mexican information unit to person traveled to the United States connected a Mexican Air Force level alternatively than a U.S. one.