“I am the magistrate president”: Reyes Rodríguez reaffirmed his position at TEPJF

Wednesday José Luis Vargas was removed from his post as president of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power (TEPJF). Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón was nominated to take his place and explained that he is “without a doubt” president of TEPJF.

In maintenance for Millennium Television, the ITAM law graduate assured that this change is official until 2024, year in which Vargas Valdez would have completed his mandate.

“Without a doubt, since Wednesday I am the magistrate president of TEPJF […] The agreement that we approved last Wednesday establishes that the continuity will be until the end of my post, it is at the end of October 2024 ″, he declared.

When asked if he had been in communication with Vargas Valdez, Rodríguez Mondragón said there had been no discussion with him. However, He said he spoke with magistrate Mónica Soto Fregoso, who normally joined Vargas Valdez.

“We have been in communication […] He is a member of the plenary session, as is the magistrate José Luis Vargas. They are members of the upper house, they have all the guarantees for collegial work and they deserve all my respect, “he said.

On the other hand, and assuming his role within the TEPJF, Rodríguez Mondragón assured that on the outstanding issues, there will be sessions and meetings so that they are resolved in a timely manner. In this way, next week, a public meeting can be held, where resolutions will be taken.

The current presiding magistrate was questioned about those who criticized him for a rapprochement with the National Action Party (PAN), but assured that he had always worked impartially.

“I have been a magistrate at the Electoral Tribunal for nine years. I was almost four years old in the Regional Chamber based in Monterrey, I have four years and nine months in the Superior Chamber […] There are my sentences, my votes, in addition to nearly 800 votes between people and people present concerning the decisions of this Superior Chamber.. In these votes, in these judgments, I am sure that they will find an impartial and independent action and above all which values ​​the social effect, the public utility of the resolutions of the Superior Chamber ”, he affirmed.

This afternoon José Luis Vargas Valdez reiterated his request to meet with Arturo Zaldivar Lelo de Larrea, Minister President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).

Via your Twitter account, Vargas Valdez thanked Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea for his willingness to open the dialogue. It is for this reason that he published a letter in which he requested a meeting with him.

“I thank Minister Zaldívar for his desire for dialogue expressed during today’s press conference. This afternoon I sent a new request to meet and seek solutions and agreements for the benefit of the Court that I preside over and for the benefit of the PJF “, he wrote on his social network.

To this he added the message he sent to Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea, in which he called the situation urgent.

“Within reach of me request made by this means yesterday in order to have an urgent meeting with you, and to discuss the institutional problems with which the Electoral Tribunal is confronted (TEPJF), and given that during his press conference today he expressed his will to power meet and seek solutions and agreements for the benefit of the institution, I reiterate my request to hold said meeting while waiting for the day, the place and the hour which are proposed “, he added.

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