Protesters against judiciary overhaul urge Mexico leader to ‘respect democracy’

Protesters took to the streets across Mexico on Sunday in the latest opposition to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul (Ginnette Riquelme/AP)

Protesters took to the streets across Mexico on Sunday in the latest opposition to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances.

Demonstrators rallied in Mexico City as well as in Michoacan, Puebla, Leon, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Veracruz and other states to voice concerns about changing the judiciary, particularly making judgeships subject to election.