The Take: Behind Mexico’s controversial judicial overhaul
Mexico will now hold elections for all levels of the country’s 7,000 judges. Why has the policy been met with protests?
Mexico is shaking up its judicial system by moving from appointing judges to choosing them through elections. Supporters say this will clean up corruption and make judges more accountable to the public. But critics worry that electing judges could lead to political influence and weaken their independence. What’s at stake for Mexicans?
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- Julia Galiano (@juliagaliano), Journalist
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Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan, Chloe K Li and Hagir Saleh with Hisham Abu Salah, Duha Mosaad, Shraddha Joshi and our host Natasha Del Toro in for Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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