Overview
- Chamber leaders reported cross-party backing to call an extraordinary period in May to move the judicial election to 2028, with a vote expected to be convened by the Permanent Commission as soon as next week.
- Morena coordinator Ricardo Monreal said the executive has not sent an initiative and stressed that any change must pass in May because electoral rules freeze on June 1.
- INE president Guadalupe Taddei warned that running judicial and regular elections at the same time is materially impossible and requested a technical meeting with legislators.
- Proposals on the table would add judicial certification, require at least 10 years of legal practice, drop academic average cutoffs, and eliminate evaluation committees to improve candidate quality.
- Senate leaders also left open an extraordinary session before May 31 to pass the delay, which would still require approval by both chambers and at least 17 state congresses under the 90-day rule before the September electoral kickoff.