The initiative will put 350 thousand MDP at risk, they accuse unions and employer organizations

Jessica Xantomila

La Jornada newspaper
Thursday, February 6, 2025, p. 8

Without delving into the acts of corruption that have been denounced at the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Infonavit), for which some representatives of the labor and employer sectors have been indicated, unions and business organizations reiterated their rejection of Various modifications to the Institute’s Law, pending discussing in the Senate.

At a joint conference, the Mexican and Employers Regional Confederations of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex), as well as other organizations, acknowledged that changes have been made to the reform, but They did not attend all our proposalsamong them that the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) supervise the entire operation of the institute, not only the credit.

They stated that the lack of supervision mechanisms of what the Institute will invest in building new houses would put 350 billion pesos of its budget at risk, of a total of 800 billion in circulating money.

In the current reform They are not giving the teeth they need The SHCP and the CNBV, said Juan José Sierra, president of Coparmex.

The workers and business representatives also requested that the heritage of the subsidiary construction company forms part of the institute, since they are resources of the beneficiaries, and that it operates with the same controls as the Infonavit.

The Confederation of Workers and Peasants and the Telephone Trade Unions, Railroads and Metro employees also pronounced themselves because the sectoral addresses are maintained, as they are essentialgiven that They provide the necessary technical support to strengthen their work and improve the representation of their affiliates.

They insisted on reject violates the principle of tripartism and parity by favoring one of the sectors.

On the acts of corruption that has denounced the general director of Infonavit, Octavio Romero Oropeza, such as the projects to build housing approved by the Patronal and Workers Sector Directorates for developers, which do not conclude the homes, the union and business sectors rejected any casewhich It must be indicated, denounced, pursued and punished.

At the conference, they described as historicalthey warned that they are willing “to take the streets ”in defense of the institute.