President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced the submission to the Senate of the Republic of the second package of harmonization of secondary laws derived from the Judicial Reform. The goal is to strengthen the writ of amparo to make it more agile, establish clear deadlines and terms, and guarantee more expedited access to justice.
At a press conference, the president explained that the initiative seeks to prevent abuses by tax debtors who, through amparos, delay the payment of taxes. “The important thing about these legal changes is to comply with the constitutional reform and ensure that justice is more expeditious, that it is faster,” she emphasized.
The Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive, Ernestina Godoy Ramos, detailed that the package includes reforms to the National Code of Criminal Procedure, the Federal Law Against Organized Crime, the Federal Law of Administrative Contentious Procedure, the Amparo Law, the Organic Law of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice, and the Federal Fiscal Code. These modifications incorporate digital tools, adjust procedural deadlines, and standardize crimes that require preventive detention.
For his part, Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea, general coordinator of policy and government, clarified that the changes do not limit or restrict access to amparo but modernize its operation to prevent trials from dragging on indefinitely. He noted that the purpose is to provide rationality and efficiency to this legal resource without affecting individuals’ defense rights.
Before her message, the head of the Executive presided over the raising of the national flag at half-mast in the Plaza de la Constitución, in memory of the victims of the earthquakes of September 19, 1985, and 2017, reaffirming the Government of Mexico’s commitment to remembrance and prevention.
