MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials have announced that select court
proceedings will be available through the Internet for the first time
in the country.
Officials say that civil, tax and administrative cases will be
processed through a state website. Officials expect everything from
filings to rulings to be done electronically.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon says the initiative will
allow broader and faster access to the country’s legal system. Officials
didn’t say when it would be launched.
The Internet initiative
announced Wednesday is one of a series of legal reforms Mexico has
attempted in recent years, with mixed success.
In 2008, the
country began moving away from closed-door rulings by judges to open and
public courts. But not all of the states have implemented the new
system.
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