He highlighted that, in agreement with the Ministry of Finance, with the readjustments that were made to the original project for Education there are more than 14,984 million; for state infrastructure plus 10,720 million; Culture is increased by 3,000 million; to the countryside 898 million; to Defense 6,292 million; 6,000 are to increase the salary of soldiers and sailors. While Women are increased by 2,093 million pesos; 3,000 million for digital services and 1,106 million pesos for Financiera para el Bienestar.
The generally approved opinion highlights that the debt payment by 2025 will absorb 1,149 billion pesos, which will be part of the mandatory expenses, which, with pensions and retirements, total 7,680 billion, which represents 82.5% of the entire budget.
In the opposing positions, the deputy of the PAN bench, Nancy Araceli Olguín Díaz, highlighted that there is opacity in the management of Pemex resources in the Budget, since the parastatal “produces 1.8 million barrels per day, which are sold at an average of 71 dollars per barrel, while in the Expenditure Budget they are quoted at 57 dollars, it is 14 dollars per barrel; million dollars a day managed at discretion, and if we were able to correctly allocate those incomes we would have at least an additional pocket of 78.8 billion pesos.”
“It is the opportunity in the budget to improve this investment for medicines so that they can be supplied in the different clinics and in the different hospitals of the federal entities, on the issue of vaccines there was also a reduction and do you know what sad? that only four out of 10 children in the Mexican Republic have their complete vaccination schedule (…) here I don’t see anything regarding the issue of addiction prevention, I don’t see anything regarding increases in mental health today when we have more suicide,” Isabel noted. González González, PRI deputy
At the beginning of the discussion of the opinion, the president of the Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Merilyn Gómez Pozos, highlighted that the 2025 budget, which amounts to 9.3 trillion pesos, prioritizes economic growth, shared prosperity, economic stability and healthy public finances.
“Thanks to this we can guarantee resources for social programs, which are already constitutional rights that impact millions of families, young people, older adults, students, girls, boys and people with disabilities. Neoliberals call this unsustainable. We call it humanism “said the president of the Budget Commission.
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