The President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He intensified his charge against Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) by announcing two diplomatic measures and one fiscal measure against the organization, which it considers part of US interference in Mexico.
This Wednesday, after Pablo Gómez, head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) exhibited the income and expenses of MCCI, its donors, and the salaries of its collaborators over 7 years, the outgoing head of the Federal Executive announced a series of actions against it, which will begin with a letter to his US counterpart, Joe Biden:
“A. I am going to send a letter to the President of the United States, President (Joe) Bidenon this subject. And, in addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will make a diplomatic note on the same subject, because we consider that there is open interference by the United States government in matters that only correspond to the sovereignty of our country.”
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In addition, he advanced a fiscal measure against the organization created and directed until recently by businessman Claudio X. González, whom he considers the “leader of the Opposition”:
“The other measure, It will be asking the tax attorney to carry out a review together with the SAT Regarding these donations, we must see if they comply with the laws and submit a report to us.”
And, although he has 47 days left in office, in accordance with Gómez Álvarez’s proposal, he is considering updating the regulations regarding the tax deduction of donations to organizations:
“We still have time to make some changes, to present legislative initiatives so that campaigns against the interests of the majority of Mexicans are not carried out with the people’s own resources.”
The above because –I continue- These types of deductions are resources that do not reach the Treasury and therefore are not used in the development of the country, in favor of the Mexicans, so with the current figure:
“They are being used for factional purposes, the budget is being misused and we have to review that.”
This Wednesday the UIF showed that since its creation in 2015, the organization has received contributions from 502 million 588 thousand 288 pesosincluding 96 million 740 thousand 613 pesos donated by the United States Embassy in Mexico, from August 29, 2018 to January 23, 2024.
Pemex case
Before this report, in the morning press conference on May 3, Pemex director Octavio Ramírez Oropeza exposed an alleged case of corruption that involves the current president of MCCI, Amparo Casarwho was accused of allegedly collecting an illegal pension of 125 thousand pesos per month since the death of her husband, which occurred two decades ago.
The following day, documents related to the case were published on the networks and official pages of the Government; in the meantime, a judge was also able to suspend payment to the academic, as part of the litigation that Mexican Petroleum (Pemex) took action against her to recover 30 million pesos.
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Then, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) On May 12, López Obrador announced that he had begun an investigation into Pemex’s complaint against María Amparo Casar, her two children and officials of the state-owned company. The next day, in his morning press conference, López Obrador indicated that a judge’s order to restore the pension of the president of Mexicans Against Corruption would be complied with and that the decision would be challenged.
“Opposition body”
Just this Tuesday, López Obrador accused the US government of having intervened in the last election by financing Mexicans Against Corruptionan organization that he considers to be opposed to his administration.
This Tuesday, the outgoing president reiterated his reproach to the US regarding the resources with which it supports the organization founded by the businessman. Claudio X. Gonzalez and that throughout the six-year term texts have been published questioning his policies, and in response to the questioning:
– Could it be said that the US government was financing the intervention in the campaign? The press questioned.
– “Yes, they do intervene, they do intervene, we have to see how they justify it, how do they justify the United States giving money to this association? And then, how does this association justify the use of that money?” the president responded.
And to support his statements, he said that most of the injunctions that were filed against works such as the Mayan Train, as well as the push for the conservative bloc, as well as “getting involved” (according to his words) in political issues-electoral, in addition to being:
“They are participating in the dirty war against our movement and against the president of Mexico, in other words, we maintain that they are financing everything that the campaign costs on the internet, with the legend #NarcoPresidente.”
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2024-08-16 02:03:50