From the Editorial Office
La Jornada newspaper
Thursday, December 30, 2021, p. eleven
The Labor Party (PT) in the Chamber of Deputies rejected that opposition legislators have presented an action of unconstitutionality against the Expenditure Budget of the Federation 2022. It trusted that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation will decide in favor of the people and will discard attempts that seek to return to the old regime of privileges for a few
.
In return, the national leadership of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) expressed its support for the decision of its parliamentary group, as well as that of National Action and the Institutional Revolutionary Party, to file such an appeal, since the approved project is regressive.
Benjamín Robles Montoya, vice-coordinator of the PT bank in San Lázaro, spoke out in favor of analyzing the unconstitutionality action presented by the right
; However, he recalled that it is the exclusive power of the Chamber of Deputies to endorse the Expenditure Budget of the Federation, in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.
He explained that the proposal approved by the majority is oriented to the people, and among the most important modifications is the increase in social spending, which translates into more investment to improve the living conditions of millions of people.
Faced with the opposition’s attempts to judicially stop the budget, Robles Montoya asserted that his party will defend the project approved in San Lázaro.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the party of the Aztec sun stated that on the eve of the discussion of the document, it warned that it was regressive, because instead of protecting items that benefit Mexican society, there were cuts that impact the advancement and strengthening of rights human population.
According to the PRD, the budget only benefits a few, and for this reason the battle was fought not to allow abuses and cuts to programs whose purpose is to guarantee the human rights of the people, but Morena and his allies turned a deaf ear.