unanimously with 478 votes, the Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies the reform was approved Article 123 of the Constitution that adds a paragraph indicating that “the annual fixing of the minimum wages general or professional, or the review thereof, will never be below the inflation observed during the period of its validity”, this Tuesday.
In the explanatory memorandum it was established that in certain branches of economic activity or in professions, trades or special jobs, it is guaranteed that teachers of basic level full-time police officers, national guards, and members of the Armed forces, as well as doctors and nurses, will receive a monthly salary that cannot be less than the average salary registered with the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) which is equivalent to 16 thousand 777 pesos in 2024 and which will be updated on January 1 of each year, according to the estimated inflation respectively.
Deputy Pedro Haces Barba (Morena) He said, in substantiating the opinion, that the members of these sectors of the population are recognized as guaranteeing basic education, the safety of the population and health, which is important for the functioning of society.
“This reform will consolidate Mexico as an attractive country for investment, due to the capacity of its workers, not due to the precariousness of salaries and working conditions,” stated the morenista
The coordinator of the PRI in San Lazaro, Ruben Moreira, He requested in the reservations section that early childhood, preschool and primary education teachers be included to be beneficiaries of the reform, since the ruling only applies to full-time teachers and not to part-time teachers.
For her part, the PAN deputy Carmen González Alonso, requested that budget sufficiency be guaranteed for the recently approved reform, since, he said, there is a contradiction in the opinion, since the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) indicates that there will be no impact on public finances, while the Center for Public Finance Studies establishes that there will be and it will cost around 39,864 million pesos annually to the treasury.
Although the approved opinion derived from an initiative sent by the federal Executive as part of its call plan C, Last February, the opposition supported the modification, but warned that greater reforms are needed in favor of the working class.
The minimum wage in 2024 increased by 20%, when the base salary went from 207 pesos to 249 pesos per day, equivalent to 7,468 pesos per month and in the free zone of the northern border the The minimum amount reached 375 pesos, which is equivalent to 11,250 pesos per month.
They start discussion of the Sixth Report
The Plenary Session of the Chamber of Deputies began this Tuesday with the discussion of the sixth and final report of the Government of Mexico on domestic and foreign policy and tomorrow it will discuss social and economic policy.
The deputy Homero Niño de Rivera (PAN) raised spirits in the plenary hall by remembering the phrase from the 2006 presidential election when it was stated that Lopez Obrador It was a danger for Mexico “and how right we were, never better said, never better demonstrated now at the end of his six-year term, the damage that López Obrador has done to this country is immense (…) the impulses that move him to govern are complex outdated ideological ideas.” /Jorge X. Lopez
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