Mexican president to offer new proposals to implement judicial overhaul

FILE PHOTO: A man holds a Mexican flag besides other people protesting against a judicial reform in Mexico City, Mexico November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Luis Cortes/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that her administration will propose to Congress three bills to help implement a sweeping judicial reform that aims to move the country to the direct election of all judges.

The constitutional reform passed in September by Sheinbaum's allies in Congress calls for elections of thousands of judges, including a slimmed down nine-member Supreme Court, over the next couple years.