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Hello, I'm Lucy Hawkins from the BBC World Service.
This is the Global Story.
Next year, Mexico will become the first country in the the world to elect its entire judiciary, from the local level all the way up to the Supreme Court.
The ruling Murrayna Party passed the landmark constitutional reform bill in September.
Critics call it a power grab.
Supreme Court justices resigned.
Judicial workers went on strike.
Protesters stormed the Congress building.
Mexico's top courts have long faced public criticism for corruption, nepotism and bowing to political and criminal pressure.
But does this overhaul pose a threat to democracy and rule of law?
Or is it democracy in action?
With me today is will Grant, the BBC's correspondent in Mexico.
Hi, Will.
Hi, Lucy.
Will, good to have you with us.
We're going to be talking about the justice system on the podcast, but obviously the need for, for a justice system is because of crime.
And I think the one thing we all understand about Mexico is that violence, the cartels and organised crime is a huge problem.