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Retired Minister Norma Piña Hernandez warns of judicial reform risks to legal certainty and investment

Retired Minister Norma Piña Hernandez returned to the public scene at a forum for the School of Free Law to discuss the recent judicial reforms in Mexico. She stated that the reforms were approved without a prior diagnosis of the justice system, leading to several "red lights" regarding judicial independence and legal certainty. Piña Hernandez argued that the reforms reduced citizen protection against the state. She specifically cited the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' rulings on unofficial preventive detention, noting that the Mexican government expanded the catalog of crimes requiring preventive detention without a trial, including fiscal crimes. She also noted that the reforms prevent the granting of suspensions in lawsuits for amparo against federal fiscal crimes. The former minister criticized the constant campaign of systematic denunciations against the judiciary during the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. She asserted that the accusations of nepotism and corruption lacked legal evidence. Additionally, Piña Hernandez highlighted that the quality of justice directly impacts investment and security, noting that a lack of investment affects ordinary citizens' employment.

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