President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Sunday that he had signed into law controversial judicial reforms making Mexico the world's only country to elect all its judges by popular vote.Opponents,

Mexico’s governing party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and it wants to push through an extreme proposal to make the country’s entire judicial branch — some 7,000 judges — stand for election.

The plan, championed by Mexico’s president, would have voters elect judges at every level, dramatically restructuring the third branch of government.