AMLO Says Judicial Reform to Limit Criminal Influence in Courts
- President spoke in two-hour state of the union address Sunday
- AMLO gave speech in front of Mexico City’s presidential palace
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Mexico’s proposed overhaul of the judicial system will ensure courts work for the benefit of Mexico’s people and not for organized crime, outgoing president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a speech Sunday in Mexico City.
The reform, which proposes that Mexico’s judges be elected rather than appointed, will ensure that the court system “dispenses justice for the benefit of all, and that courts are not at the service of organized crime or white collar criminals,” AMLO said to thousands of supporters in front of Mexico’s presidential palace. “They will be at the service of the people.”