President Andrés Manuel López Obrador joked about the resignation of Carlos Lomelí as a delegate from Jalisco to evade the issue.
What comes after the resignation of Carlos Lomelí?, was asked at the end of an event.
“Maybe the end of the world,” the president said before laughing.
López Obrador said he would be talking about it on Monday.
Yesterday, the federal government’s Development Programs delegate, Carlos Lomelí, resigned from his position after being identified as the centerpiece of a network of pharmaceutical companies that seeks to be a contractor for The López Obrador administration in the mega-bidding of medicines.
Pharmaceutical network linked to super-delegate Lomelí won million-dollar contracts with the government
“Today I take a distance so that the noise of politicking does not affect the work that needs to be done in Jalisco,” she wrote on her Twitter account.
First the Fatherland and its transformation, then there are the people. Today I take distance so that the noise of the politicria does not affect the work that must be done in Jalisco, I reiterate my commitment to work for Mexico, my thanks and loyalty to the President @lopezobrador_
— Dr. Carlos Lomelí (@DrCarlosLomeli) July 13, 2019
An investigation by Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) revealed that Lomelí Bolaños leads a pharmaceutical network consisting of nine companies engaged in the sale of medicines that have been shared by the same partners, legal guardians, representatives and even domicile in Zapopan, Jalisco, although the official only recognizes as his own four of these companies.
With information from Reforma
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