Mexico's Sheinbaum: judicial reform won't violate commitments with USMCA trade pact

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during an event with her cabinet members and supporters, after receiving the certificate confirming her victory in the presidential election, at Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City, Mexico August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

Source: REUTERS

A judicial reform planned by Mexico's government will not violate the country's commitments with the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday.

The controversial reform, set for a vote in September, aims to ensure that judges, including all Supreme Court justices, are elected through a popular vote.

Sheinbaum, who takes office in October, has defended outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's judicial proposal, saying she agrees judges should be elected.

Mexico's federal judiciary workers were on their third day of a strike on Wednesday in protest of the reform.

Markets have been spooked by the proposed reforms, with worries contributing to Mexico's peso weakening over 2% by midday on Wednesday.

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By Reuters