MEXICO CITY, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday celebrated the Senate's approval of his administration's judicial reform package.
At a regular daily press conference, Lopez Obrador said the bill's approval sets an "example for the world."
"I think it is very important to end corruption and impunity, and much progress will be made when the people of Mexico freely elect the judges, the magistrates and the ministers," he told reporters.
The Senate passed the initiative early Wednesday with a vote of 86 to 41.
Among other changes, the reforms propose the popular election of judges and magistrates, including those serving on the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. ■