Fernando Camacho and Enrique Méndez
La Jornada newspaper
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, p. 11
With the vote of Morena and its allies, the Chamber of Deputies validated yesterday the public account 2022, after an argument in which the majority defended that in that year the government practiced a management transparent and responsible
of public resources, while the opposition denounced that the treasury was used with opacity and waste
especially in emblematic works
of last administration.
The president of the Budget and Public Account Commission, Merilyn Gómez Pozos (Morena), presented the opinion of the Budget Commission, which was approved by 329 votes in favor of Morena and its allies and 119 against the National Action parties ( PAN), Institutional Revolutionary (PRI) and Citizen Movement.
He stressed that In 2022 it was possible to maintain a solid economy, capable of resisting internal and external attacks
as proved by the fact that public investment in infrastructure allowed to conclude or advance strategic projects
such as the Mayan train, the two mouth refinery and the interoceanic corridor.
Macroeconomic stability
On the other hand, he celebrated that, despite a volatile world environment, The Government of Mexico managed to maintain macroeconomic stability with a growth of the gross domestic product of 3.1 percent
an average exchange rate of 20.1 pesos per dollar, and 6.6 billion pesos in income, higher in 430 billion pesos to what is estimated in the income law, which was the product of strengthening collection.
His benchmate Carol Antonio Altamirano said that the evaluation of spending by the camera does not consist of reject or approve
a public account, but make a political and technical assessment
of the government budget year in a certain year.
He pondered that, although the Superior Audit of the Federation detected probable irregularities for 32 thousand 894 million pesos, 3 thousand 128 million already recovered and, from the amount still to clarify, 76.9 percent corresponds to the expense exerted by states and municipalities, while The federal government would only have to solve 0.9 percent of the total expenditure, so attack the Executive for it It is a disproportion
.
In addition, he stressed that investigations on unmarked amounts follow their course. Therefore, in a forceful way we express: Morena will not intervene to cover up anyone. Everything observed must be solved without exception
he pointed out.
Millionaire damage
In contrast, Silvia Jiménez Delgado (PAN) regretted that the 2022 account or trustee, It is the confirmation of the waste that characterized the government of former President López Obrador
as evidenced by the case of the Mayan train, which It has gone from an original cost of 140 billion pesos to more than 500 billion
and the two mouth refinery, which was announced with an investment of 160 billion and has exceeded 400 billion
.
PRI Mario Zamora denounced that in Public Account 2022 there were a cluster of administrative deficiencies that derive in millionaire damages to the treasury. In monetary terms, this translates into more than 32 thousand 894 million pesos detected in irregularities
.
