The election to overhaul Mexico’s courts could result in a justice system more beholden to the nation’s dominant party, Morena.

Mexico is scheduled to hold its first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, with hundreds of judges, magistrates and justices on the ballot across the country.

The elections are the brainchild of ex-President Andrès Manuel López Obrador — who, like Trump, often clashed with the judiciary, complaining that unelected judges were thwarting his aspirations for a “transformation” of Mexican society.

Mexicans will vote Sunday in judicial races for federal and state judges, a new practice that opponents fear will give the ruling party control of the judiciary and empower candidates with criminal ties.

Sunday’s election will decide 881 federal judicial positions nationwide, including the nine seats on Mexico’s reconstituted Supreme Court. In addition, Baja California is among 19 of 32 states holding local elections, with nearly 200 judicial positions up for grabs in the state.

Sheinbaum welcomed new ambassadors to the National Palace, including new U.S. ambassador Ronald Johnson, in the early afternoon.