Why Mexico’s Judicial Election Matters
Mexican voters face a daunting task on Sunday.
For the first time in the country’s history, they will elect more than 2,600 judges and magistrates, including those who will sit on the Supreme Court and hundreds of other Федерални, държавни и локални трибунали.
Изборите ще реалокират правосъдната система от система, основана на среща в такава, в която гласоподавателите ще изберат своите съдии. Привържениците на главния ремонт настояват, че това прави системата по -демократична и противодейства на проблеми като непотизъм и корупция. Critics say it risks giving the governing party more power and opens the courts to candidates who lack experience and qualifications, or could be influenced by criminal groups like cartels.
The experiment is so ambitious, divisive and confusing that it is difficult to know how it will unfold: A single day of voting will enact the most...
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