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Mexican senate gives green light to controversial judicial changes
The Guardian
|September 12, 2024
Mexico's senate has given final approval to a sweeping overhaul of the judiciary, which will make all judges stand for election - a change that critics fear will politicise the judiciary and threaten democracy.
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In a marathon session that ran for more than 12 hours, and had to be paused and relocated after protesters broke into the senate building, the ruling Morena party and allies clinched the final two-thirds vote needed to approve the changes.
This story is from the September 12, 2024 edition of The Guardian.
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