The mismanagement of the pandemic by not applying a countercyclical fiscal policy has resulted in the disappearance of SMEs and more poverty. President López Obrador went so far as to affirm that governing is not very scientific, but the results in terms of poverty do not favor him. Coneval has reported that the population with incomes below the cost of the basic basket (working poverty) at the end of 2021 is 40.3%.
It is true that many people have recovered their jobs after the lockdown, but they have done so earning less and with a considerable increase in the prices of the basic food basket.
A very negative aspect of the current administration has been the issue of health, INSABI has not been able to give the expected results when Seguro Popular disappeared because during the pandemic millions of people were left without health services. In addition, the current government has destroyed the medicine procurement system for public institutions, leaving the poorest who cannot access these medicines without medicine.
An issue forgotten by the current administration is education, there is no better way for the poor to stop being poor than to have access to a quality education, but the union leaders continue to control public education.
We still do not have a rule of law, the president spends his time demonizing companies. It is true, companies have to respect the Law and bad behavior cannot be generalized from one to all. Precisely for this reason, efficient regulation is necessary but without overregulation. In addition, for that there are autonomous bodies that the current government wants to disappear.
Without a doubt, Mexico still has a long way to go to have a rule of law and, above all, to be a country where the Law is applied.
While poverty has been on the rise since López Obrador became president, social polarization has increased. How does this government plan to attract more investment if there is uncertainty and the lack of a rule of law?
