Judicial Reform Faces Early Crisis with Key Resignation

Mexico City — The early resignation of Lorena Josefina Pérez Romo from the Judicial Administration Body and its immediate approval by the Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation have raised alarms at the heart of the Judicial Branch, just as the new institutional architecture claims order, control, and transparency.

The departure occurs just months after her appointment and leaves the Judicial Administration Body in an uncomfortable position: with sensitive vacancies, under public scrutiny, and with open questions about its internal stability. The body was created to replace the Federal Judiciary Council with the promise of correcting historical flaws; today it faces its first political crisis without a clear explanation to the public.

The resignation was processed with surgical speed by the Court, without a detailed report of reasons or a statement that clears up doubts. This opacity fuels speculation about internal pressures, power disputes, and possible administrative conflicts that contrast with the official discourse of judicial renewal.

Beyond the personal case, the episode reveals a larger problem: the fragility of a reform that has not yet fully settled. A key body for the discipline and administration of judges loses a member before consolidating, which questions both the selection processes and the internal cohesion of the new model.

The political message is uncomfortable. If the body in charge of overseeing the Judicial Branch cannot achieve stability or clarity within its own ranks, what guarantees does it offer about its ability to sanction, administer, and cleanse the system?

In a context of public distrust toward justice, a resignation without public explanations does not strengthen the institution; it weakens it. The judicial reform promised a before and after. Episodes like this revive the suspicion that, rather than a fundamental change, it is a hasty reconfiguration with the same old risks.

The question remains open and weighs on the national debate: is the new justice being built on solid foundations, or is it already starting to show the cracks of the old system under another name?