The process for the election of judges and magistrates has been a simulation that promises “little” to change the judicial system at the local and federal level, said the president of the Tijuana Bar Association.
Alexander Francisco Bazán Gómez Llanos said that the argument for the reform of the Judicial Branch is to modify certain aspects and deficiencies that the judicial system itself had, as well as various “promises” in terms of the dispatch of cases.
However, he said, the background and recent budget cuts to the Federal Judicial Branch suggest that these promises “are in the air” and are not supported, in addition to other pending issues to be resolved.
The president of the Tijuana Bar Association added that the electoral process will bring with it candidates close to the ruling party and others who do not have sufficient experience, the chances of seeing a “real change” are unlikely.
On the other hand, he said that the next process of election of judges and magistrates has deficiencies in terms of dissemination, to the point that the great population is unaware of it.
Bazán Gómez Llanos added that an average Tijuana resident does not have the necessary advice to investigate each of the profiles of the candidates, as well as the criteria to select those who will administer justice.