FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement officers guard the main entrance of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) after judges decided to join the work stoppage due to a debate in Congress on a controversial judicial reform in Mexico City, Mexico, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/ Quetzalli Nicte-Ha/File Photo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Lawmakers in Mexico's lower house of Congress voted overwhelmingly on Monday in favor of legislation that will implement a controversial judicial overhaul moving the country to a system of elected judges over the next three years.
The so-called secondary legislation passed the Chamber of Deputies on a vote of 336 lawmakers in favor and 123 against, powered by the large majority wielded by the ruling Morena party of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
