The reform of the Judicial Power of Mexico, approved by Congress, is supported by the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, while it has been described as unconstitutional by the opposition and by some pro-government legislators, as well as by experts from international organizations.
The government and other legislators deny that the changes go against the Mexican Constitution.
Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), explains what this implies for judicial independence.