Mexico lashes out at US ambassador’s comments on proposed judicial reform
Al Jazeera
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said that US ambassador Ken Salazar’s comments were disrespectful.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, has criticised the United States for recent comments that framed his proposed judicial overhaul as a “risk” to Mexico’s democracy.
In a morning press conference on Friday, Lopez Obrador described the criticism as “disrespectful” to Mexico’s “national sovereignty”.
“I hope this will not happen again,” he said.
The Mexican government also announced it would send a diplomatic note that says the US comments “represent an unacceptable interference, a violation of Mexico’s sovereignty”.
The government’s response came a day after US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar warned the proposed judicial changes — which include putting judges up for election — could threaten “the historic commercial relationship” between the two countries.
