“We are going to constitutionally protect health services and education services as a shared responsibility of the State with the Federation so that it is clear that what belongs to Jalisco is not going to be dismantled by the Federal government in terms of health and education. , and if they try to do it they will have to go over our Constitution,” he said in this regard.
Alfaro explained that this initiative constitutionally safeguards the Recrea Educar for Life model and secondary programs, such as Schools for Life, Recrea Avanza, Recrea Inglés, the integrative projects, Recrea Steam and Recrea Digital, the Mi Muro project, Recrea Academy and Recrea Familia.
It also protects the educational infrastructure trust, which was built with a part of the payroll tax, as well as the right to have the fund that guarantees the delivery of uniforms, backpacks, supplies and shoes.
After presenting the package of initiatives in the Governor’s Office in the Government Palace, Enrique Alfaro went to the Congress of Jalisco to personally deliver the compendium of proposals to the president of the Board of Directors, Mónica Magaña Mendoza, who will give him the corresponding legislative route.
Although Jalisco contributes eight out of every 100 pesos to the Federation, the government has indicated that it receives less than two pesos.
In 2023, the General Participation Fund had a decrease of -5.8%, the Municipal Development Fund of -8.5% and the Supervision Fund of -10.2%, which generated a total decrease of 4,000 million pesos.
According to the state government, although the Fiscal Coordination Law establishes fixed percentages of Participable Federal Collection, in reality – it points out – Federalized Expenditure has decreased 8% between 2002 and 2022.
Given this, the Alfaro administration accuses that there is “budget mistreatment”, which continued to deepen during fiscal year 2024 and, facing the 2025 budget, the budget project presented by the federal government does not contemplate any of the priority projects for the state and seems to repeat the formula of establishing an optimistic programming that will not be achieved and that will affect, he added.
Since 2020, in the midst of the emergency to face the covid-19 pandemic in the country, Alfaro spoke out in favor of a new fiscal pact for Jalisco, in which the productivity and contribution of each entity was considered.
Thus, four years after having announced that he would seek a new fiscal pact and before leaving the government on December 6, 2024, Alfaro formally presented the package of reform initiatives to the Law regarding the Fiscal pact, as well as its proposals. shielding the Health and Education systems in the State.
