The Board of Directors of the Senate summoned an extraordinary session for this Thursday at 10:00, originally called at 11:00, amidst strong speculation about Alexander’s eventual resignation Gertz Manero as head of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR).
The purpose of the session would be to vent the designation of the last pending judge of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice, after 20 of the 21 candidates were ratified this Wednesday. However, this process would require a prior appearance in committees and a ruling that has not been scheduled, which fueled the version that the plenary session could discuss another matter.
Speculation increased after Adán Augusto López Hernández’s visit to the National Palace. The Morena coordinator also did not offer statements about the reason for his meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum.
In the agenda published for this Thursday’s session there is no point related to the FGR or to a possible removal or resignation of the attorney general. Only communications from senators, reports from the Executive, license requests and draft decrees are listed.
The Constitution contemplates the procedure applicable in the event of a separation from office. Article 102, section IV, establishes that the head of the federal Executive can remove the prosecutor for serious reasons provided for in the law, as long as she argues it through a document addressed to the Senate. The Upper House may object to the removal by a simple majority within a period of ten business days; If not, the dismissal is final. It also provides that, if the objection is not successful, the prosecutor must be restored to his duties.
For now, no authority has officially confirmed the resignation or removal of the prosecutor.
The future of Gertz Manero at the head of the FGR has been the subject of recurring versions in recent weeks. This Wednesday, Carlos Loret de Mola published in EL INFORMADOR that weeks ago there was an attempt, from within the Executive, to relieve Gertz Manero. According to that same text, The names that have been mentioned repeatedly to occupy the position are those of Arturo Zaldivarretired minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, and Ernestina Godoy, exfiscal from Mexico City.