Overview
- The president’s office plans to send the constitutional amendment to the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday to move the second-stage judicial election from 2027 to June 2028, according to lawmakers and allied press reports.
- Ricardo Monreal said Monday that the Permanent Commission will be asked Thursday to call an extraordinary session next week, with votes in both chambers and swift state ratifications targeted before the end of May.
- Supporters cite an INE request and Morena’s estimates that a 2027 overlap would require more than one billion ballots and about 20.4 billion pesos, straining printing, distribution, and polling logistics alongside federal midterms in 17 states.
- Opposition deputy Kenia López Rabadán called the extraordinary window a chance to fix the 2024 overhaul, criticizing confusing mass candidate materials and lottery-style selections that, she argues, sidelined career paths in the judiciary.
- Political tension flared in Chihuahua after a low-turnout Morena march against Governor Maru Campos, as 28 business leaders publicly backed her and Morena’s leadership said it will file complaints over alleged state-backed blockades; separate probes and U.S. contacts, including a local deputy’s reported FBI meeting and scrutiny of Sinaloa figures, are feeding candidate-vetting fights.