translated from Spanish: AMLO government removed 8,228 seats: SFP

The Secretary of the Civil Service, Irma Eréndira Sandoval, reported on Monday that the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has eliminated 8 thousand 228 places of all levels of command and liaison in the Federal Public Administration, and in conjunction with the austerity measures has achieved savings of almost 11 billion pesos. 
655 seats of Deputy Directorate General (DGA) have been cancelled in the organizational structure of the Federal Public Administration (APF), detailed the civil servant, representing savings of close to one billion pesos.
“The Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources eliminated 92 of these places; Finance and Public Credit, 71; Public Education 51, and Labour and Social Welfare, 48,” he said.
“By eliminating 8,828 command and liaison places that doubled functions or did not perform substantive tasks, a saving of 4 thousand 291 million pesos has been achieved for this fiscal year.
With senior senior salaries down graded by 12% to 47%, 1.7 billion pesos were saved,” he added.
The cancellation of Major Medical Expense Insurance among federal officials, he said, meant a saving of 5 billion pesos.
Between December 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019, the secretary continued, the social communication spending of the units and entities of the Federal Public Administration was reduced almost 90% compared to the previous year, which means savings of more than 7 billion pesos.
“Consolidated procurement savings and contract renegotiation exceed 150 billion pesos.”
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Original source in Spanish