A landmark shift unfolded in Mexico on Thursday as a majority of its 32 states approved an overhaul of the country's judicial system. In a monumental change, thousands of judges would be elected instead of appointed, from local courtrooms to the Supreme Court.
The departing president and his Morena party have championed remaking the court system as a way to curtail graft, influence-peddling and nepotism and to give Mexicans a greater voice.
Mr. Lopez Obrador's successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, will take office on Oct. 1 and has fully backed the plan. But court workers, judges, legal scholars and opposition leaders argue that it would inadequately address issues such as corruption.
It's reaffirming that in Mexico there is an authentic democracy where the people elect their representatives. This reform could produce one of the most far-reaching judicial overhauls of any major democracy.
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