The new minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), Lenia Batreswill take protest before the plenary session of the Judiciary next Thursday January 4reported the Minister President Norma Piña.
This Tuesday he made the call for the solemn public session in which the minister chosen by the president will be received and sworn in. Andrés Manuel López Obradorafter three rounds of voting in the Senatein which the majority was not achieved by any of the three members of the shortlist sent by the head of the federal executive.
This was the second shortlist sent to the Senate by the president that was rejected; The proposal included Lenia Batres, Bertha Maria Alcalde already Erendira Cruzvillegas; the three candidates close to the party in power. The vote did not reach a qualified majority for any of the candidates to replace former Minister Arturo Zaldívar.
The three proposals are related to the current government; The first is the sister of Marti Batres, head of government of Mexico City; the second sister of the Secretary of the Interior Luisa Maria Alcalde; and the third was in charge of the legal affairs unit of the Ministry of Culture.
Given the rejection of the shortlist, as indicated in the constitution The president had the responsibility of choosing the new minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and he decided on his former advisor when he governed the Federal District, Lenia Batres Guadarrama.
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The new minister was a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico, then of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and finally of Brunette. In addition to advising Lopez Obrador during his administration in the country’s capital, he also did so with the former head of government and now presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, when she headed the now Tlalpan Mayor’s Office.