Weekly Report - 19 June 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)

MEXICO | Supreme court. The president of the supreme court, Guillermo Ortiz Mayagoitia, ruled on 16 June that the reforms, approved by congress, to the state pensions system for state employees (the ISSSTE) were unconstitutional. He ruled that the reforms retrospectively altered the rights of workers. Rightwing commentators say that the ruling is a nonsense because it could lead to the bankruptcy of the ISSSTE. The ruling underlines the independence of the supreme court.