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Citizen consultation to prosecute former presidents of Mexico declared constitutional

6 out of 11 ministers voted in favor of this project, which will only rephrase the question to be consulted

Photo by: Composición creada con foto de Facebook de Felipe Calderón y Enrique Peña Nieto

By Redacción2020-10-01T23:47:00+00:00

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), approved the project of citizen consultation proposed by the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, which aims to prosecute the former presidents of Mexico.

With 6 votes in favor and 5 against, this consultation was approved this Thursday, October 1st, virtually by the ministers that make up the SCJN.

La mayoría de las y los ministros de la @SCJN fueron sensibles al clamor ciudadano. No cerró la puerta la corte -como aseguró @ArturoZaldivarL- a la justicia. Sellaron con su voto las y los ministros la #VictoriaDelPueblo que acudió a firmar. La consulta va!Habrá justicia! pic.twitter.com/Pv3cOMYsaq
— epigmenio ibarra (@epigmenioibarra) October 1, 2020

The question posed by Lopez Obrador was: "Do you agree or not that the competent authorities, in accordance with applicable laws and procedures, should investigate and, if necessary, sanction the alleged commission of crimes by former presidents Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, Vicente Fox Quesada, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and Enrique Peña Nieto before, during and after their respective administrations?

However, some ministers decided to modify the question originally posed to adjust it to the limits of the Constitution, as follows:

Así fue reformulada por la @SCJN la pregunta para la consulta que busca enjuiciar a expresidentes. 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/0EaopnmliK
— Carlos Loret de Mola (@CarlosLoret) October 1, 2020

It is expected that the consultation will take place in 2021 where at least 2 million citizens will participate, but although AMLO is the main driving force behind this consultation, he said that he would vote against prosecuting them because he wants to avoid "revenge".

It is worth mentioning that this Thursday morning, the President of Mexico asked the Plenary of the Supreme Court to allow the participation of the citizens in a consultation, and assured that he would send an initiative to reform Article 35 of the Magna Carta if his proposal was rejected by the Court.

With information from El Periódico.