Judge Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón was unanimously elected as the new president of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF).
The new presiding magistrate will remain in office until October 2024; the election comes after the dismissal of Judge José Luis Vargas Valdez, on August 4.
The magistrates of the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal met, privately, on Thursday morning.
It is not a secret that the Court is going through critical moments, part of the internal conflicts are associated with the lack of clear rules in the administration and in decision-making, said Judge Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón after taking protest.
He pointed out that the impartiality and autonomy of the Electoral Tribunal must be strengthened, in order to strengthen it as a true court of law.
“This is the time to extinguish any hint of outside influences or pressures from the powers that be, to strengthen the credibility and reliability of their decisions.”
The plenary of the Superior Chamber of the #TEPJF unanimously elected Judge @ReyesRdzM as its president. His presidency will end in October 2024. Here is the message of the presiding magistrate of the #TEPJF.https://t.co/BgvnPNjLmM pic.twitter.com/5MPkfqPNAa
— TEPJF (@TEPJF_informa) September 2, 2021
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Rodríguez Mondragón presented his work plan and insisted on the creation of a Strengthening Commission to reform the Electoral Tribunal.
Among the objectives of the strategic plan of the presiding judge are: to review, in a comprehensive manner, the administrative, organic and procedural regulations of the TEPJF, and to formulate proposals to improve the legal and regulatory framework of the body, and to establish the bases for an internal reform project.
As well as generating a dialogue with specialists, academics and public servants, which provides elements to develop an approach to reform of this body, and establish links with the regional chambers of the Electoral Tribunal and with institutions, national and international, in order to integrate good practices of public policies in the field of electoral justice.
The Minister President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), Arturo Zaldívar, congratulated Judge Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón on his appointment and recognized the institutionality of the magistrates.
“I hope that it will be a new stage of maturity and responsibility that contributes to the strengthening of Mexican democracy,” he said.
I congratulate Judge @ReyesRdzM on his election as President of the SS of the TEPJF. I recognize the institutionality of the magistrates. I hope that it will be a new stage of maturity and responsibility that contributes to the strengthening of Mexican democracy.
— Arturo Zaldivar (@ArturoZaldivarL) September 2, 2021
The election of Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón comes after the magistrate of the Electoral Tribunal, José Luis Vargas Valdez, ceded the position of the Presidency of the Superior Chamber, although he had previously been dismissed.
On August 4, five of seven TEPJF judges removed him from the Presidency of the Superior Chamber and appointed Judge Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón in his place.
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On August 9, Judge Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón declined to lead the TEPJF, so that there would be a transparent process in which all the members of the Superior Chamber participate.
Judge Felipe Alfredo Fuentes Barrera was appointed, on August 10, president, by ministry of law, of the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal, after the resignations of magistrates Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón and José Luis Vargas Valdez.
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