Mexico’s Senate voted early Wednesday to overhaul the country’s judiciary, marking a significant step towards a controversial constitutional revision. The proposed change would require all judges to stand for election, a move that has raised concerns about potential politicization of the judicial branch and its impact on Mexico’s democracy.
The vote followed a dramatic turn of events as hundreds of protesters stormed the Senate on Tuesday, disrupting the session just as the governing party was on the brink of securing enough votes to pass the legislation. The proposal had already breezed through the lower chamber, where the ruling party and its allies hold a commanding majority.
