By two votes to one, the members of the Constitutional Points Commission of the 60th legislature of the state of Querétaro, rejected by majority vote the opinion of the reform to the Judicial Branch, approved both generally and specifically early this Wednesday morning by the Senate of the Republic.
Thus, Querétaro, governed by the National Action Party (PAN), became the first state to reject the reform.
Manuel Pozo Cabrera of the extinct local party Querétaro Independiente, president of the commission, and Ana Paola López Birlain, head of the Board of Directors of the Congress of Querétaro, voted in favor of rejecting the opinion while Christian Orihuela of Morena voted against.
The legislature of Querétaro officially received the opinion around 12 noon this Wednesday.
Therefore, the president of the Commission Manuel Pozo called its members to a session to analyze it. In the end it was rejected in commissions.
Ana Paola López –who is secretary of the commission- and Manuel Pozo rejected the ruling, considering that neither university students nor employees of the Judicial Branch were taken into account when drafting the reform, in addition to the fact that, according to the legislators, it will take away autonomy from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
In contrast, Christian Orihuela Gómez, from Morena, said that the approval of the reform was good news for Mexico and predicted that it will be approved by more than two thirds of the state congresses.
The reform, he added, will eliminate onerous salaries, as well as other luxuries and privileges enjoyed by judges and magistrates; and for the inclusion of society in the election of members of the Judicial Branch.
Source: jornada
