On Sunday, controversial judicial reforms were signed into law by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, making his nation the first to elect all of its judges through popular voting.
In a video that was shared on social media, departing leftist leader Lopez Obrador signed the proclamation and hailed the “historic day.”
“Justice for all is necessary,” stated Lopez Obrador. “For there to be no corruption in the judiciary, for judges, magistrates and justices to apply to the letter the principle that there is nothing outside the law and no one above the law.”
His close ally and president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, who takes over as president on October 1, was with him. After winning a landslide election in June, the ruling coalition now holds sizable majorities in both chambers of Congress.
