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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated on Thursday he’ll immediately appoint a brand new Supreme Court docket choose later within the day, after the lawmakers refused to approve certainly one of his candidates for the job.
Lopez Obrador, within the last yr of his time period as president, has repeatedly sparred with the courtroom, which he has criticized as corrupt and against his agenda.
“Today we will resolve this,” the president informed reporters at a daily authorities press convention, including that he nonetheless wants to find out who to pick.
Final month, the president provided senators three doable nominees to fill the emptiness on the courtroom, however the higher chamber of Congress didn’t approve any of them, which might have required assist from a two-thirds majority.
Early on Thursday morning, Lopez Obrador’s nominees for the submit additionally did not win the mandatory assist within the Senate, which enabled him to pick his personal choose.
The brand new member of the 11-member tribunal will serve a 15 yr time period on the excessive courtroom.
