Without moving anything to the proposal of the Federal Executive, the Budget and Public Accounts Commission, of the Chamber of Deputiesendorsed the opinion of the Federation Expenditure Budget (PEF) 2026.
With 39 votes in favor, 15 against and zero abstentions, the Budget Committee endorsed the opinion, which proposes public spending for the following year of 10.1 billion pesos. In this way, the plenary session of San Lázaro took its turn.
It is expected that it will be from Tuesday when the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies begins the discussion of the PEF 2026, and that it will be there that make budget reallocations.
During the session, opposition lawmakers raised concerns about resources allocated to key sectors such as health and security. He murder of Carlos Manzomayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, which occurred over the weekend at a public event, was cited as an example of the urgency of reinforcing the security budget.
In this sense, PAN member Jerico Abramo Masso requested to reorganize the budget to be able to give greater resources to the security issue.
“What happened this weekend in Michoacán should make us reflect, because we are in a historic moment in the country and because, if in reality your colleagues in the ruling party think about the Mexicans, in the country, you would be making a proposal for budget reallocation, giving more resources to public security,” said PRI member Arturo Yáñez.
The discussion became tense when the PT deputy, Reginaldo Sandoval, attributed the current violence to the governments of Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto, which provoked complaints from opposition parties.
According to the opinion, for the following year a functional security expenditure of 138,372 million pesos is proposed, which represents a cut of 3.7% compared to what was approved for this year.
On the health side, the PRI bench pointed out that the amount proposed for the following year is not enough to achieve the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), which is an expense of 6% of the Gross domestic product (GDP). In total, 965,662 million pesos are proposed, 5.8% more in annual comparison.
Mortgaged future
Another recurring complaint was the issue of public debt. In accordance with what was already approved in the Income Law of the Federation (LIF) 2026next year the internal debt ceiling will be 1.78 billion pesos.
“This budget is actually a mortgage budget, which is hurting the next generations,” lamented Héctor Saúl Téllez, of the PAN, while his colleague Diego Ángel Rodríguez pointed out that the debt has doubled in the last seven years.
Meanwhile, the Citizen Movement deputy, Eduardo Gaona, pointed out the little room for maneuver that is available in the budget, because a large part of it is committed to expenses such as the financial cost of debt and pensions.
