The orders of the Executive to get rid of the water from dams to comply with the international treaty are valid: SCJN

The Supreme Court of the Nation (SCJN) resolved eleven constitutional controversies promoted by Chihuahua municipalities on the General Water Act.

The plenary session of the Court approved the omission of the Union Congress to enact the General Water Act, referred to in the third transitional article of the constitutional reform decision published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (FAINT) on 8 February 2012.

Also the lack of regulation by the Federal Executive of the National Water Act; and the Drought Emergency Initiative Agreement for 2020.

The SCJN ratified the Federal Executive’s orders to dispose of the water stored in the ‘La Boquilla’ and ‘El Granero’ dams to cover the debts of the Convention on the Distribution of International Waters between the United States of America and to pay the United Mexican States. Also the acts of execution of said orders by the National Guard.

In this regard, the SCJN reiterated that the Union Congress incurred in a legislative omission of an absolute nature in powers of compulsory exercise, by not the General Water Act, referred to in Article 4, sixth paragraph of the Constitution with regard to the third transitional decision that gave rise to the said provision, published on 8 February 2012.

The SCJN again, it ordered the Congress of the Union to enact the General Water Act during its next ordinary sitting.

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