Claudia Sheinbaum defends decision to put 2,600 judges’ posts to vote despite record low turnout
Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum has defended the country’s unprecedented judicial elections after just 13% of Mexicans turned out to vote, a record low in a federal election.
Roughly 2,600 posts, from local magistrates to supreme court justices, were up for grabs on Sunday, as an entire judicial system was put to the vote for the first time in the world.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/02/mexico-judicial-election-claudia-sheinbaum
Author : Thomas Graham in Mexico City
Publish date : 2025-06-02 20:40:00
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