Mexican Congress votes to remove politicians' legal immunity

Mexican Congress votes to remove politicians' legal immunity
Updated 12:05 pm, Friday, April 20, 2018

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The lower house of Mexico's Congress has voted to remove the immunity from prosecution protection from every public office in the country.

The measure was approved without opposition and basically abolishes the impeachment process for officials except the president.

Governors, mayors, lawmakers and judges could all be automatically put on trial once indicted, but would be allowed to stay in office and not be jailed until convicted.

Under the constitutional changes approved Thursday, the president could be tried while in office but only after a vote in Congress. According to current law, the president can be impeached and tried but only for a limited number of very serious offenses like treason.

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