Mexico's lower house of Congress passed the contentious legislation on Wednesday that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election.
The lower house of Mexico's Congress passed contentious legislation Wednesday that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election.
In a marathon session in which legislators were forced to meet in a gymnasium after protesters blocked the Congress building, the lower chamber approved the constitutional measure 359-135 in a party-line first vote.
The measure, which requires a two-thirds majority, was passed by a similar margin in a second-round vote later that morning, and is now headed to the Senate.
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