Ten undersecretaries would also be frozen, and expenses for general services, materials and supplies were reduced.
According to the Public Account, of these actions, plus cuts to investment spending, 3,744.2 million pesos (mp) were saved, however, the ASF did not find information on the destination of these resources.
“With the information available in the 2020 Public Account, it was not possible to follow up on the austerity and budgetary discipline provisions contained in article 14 of the 2020 PEF Decree, nor on the guidelines of the Austerity Decree; information on the destination of the savings was not identified eitherwhich represents an area of opportunity to improve accountability mechanisms on this item”, reported the Audit in the 2020 Report on the Result of the Superior Audit of the Public Account.
Of the total savings, 52.9%, equivalent to 1,980.1 million pesos, were generated by measures in the operating expenses of government agencies; 44.5% equivalent to 1,665.9 million pesos for cutting spending on personal services, and 2.6%, equal to 98.2 million pesos through cuts in public investment.
