translated from Spanish: Senate plenary generally approves reform that extends Zaldívar’s mandate

The plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies generally approved the reform of the Organic Law of the Judiciary that extends the mandate of the president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Arturo Zaldívar.
The reform was generally endorsed with 260 votes in favour, 167 against and 2 abstentions.
In a session that began on Thursday night, Members have discussed the content of the opinion for hours.
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The session continues until the morning of this Friday and at the moment the reservations presented by the legislators of various parties are discussed in particular.
The reform of the Organic Law of the Judiciary aims, among other things, to end acts of corruption within the judiciary.
However, the opinion has been questioned and crossed out by the opposition as unconstitutional by a last-minute aggregate reserve in the House of Senators in which it is supported to extend for two more years the presidency of Minister Arturo Zaldívar at the SCJN.
In addition to opposition parties, some organizations have spoken out against reform, considering last-minute aggregate reserve to be a violation of the Constitution.
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In a pronouncement, the organizations note that the included reservation represents an “open violation of the precepts set out in Article 97, which states that the period of the President of the Court is four years unforeseen and elected by his peers, ministers, and not legislators”.
For his part, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has spoken in favor of the reform and extension of Zaldívar’s mandate if that allows the judiciary to be reformed.
The representative called Zaldívar an integral person and argued that his work as president of the Court has helped moralize the judiciary.
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Original source in Spanish