Mexico City.- During the Mañanera held on Wednesday in the Treasury hall in Palacio Nacional, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed that he would respect the decision of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR) to quote former President Enrique Peña Nieto for alleged acts of corruption during his sexenio. This after last Tuesday [ayer] it was disclosed that the former director of Pemex in the past administration denounced former President Enrique Peña Nieto and former chancellor Luis Videgaray; the accusations Emilio Lozoya gave were because he allegedly received orders in the Odebrecht case to carry out acts of corruption.
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“As I have said before, you know my position on this if you are going to judge any former president who is because the people wanted it and demonstrated it through a citizen consultation, however your Prosecutor’s Office in its autonomy character decides to call former President Enrique Peña Nieto I will respect him.”
However, if the FGR cites Enrique Peña Nieto, Emilio Lozoya will have to present evidence, if not only they would be unfounded signs, he said.
Luis Videgaray and Enrique Peña Nieto. Photo: gob.mx
Finally, he stated that the complaint implies that Enrique Peña Nieto, Luis Videgaray and even former President Felipe Calderón have to go and testify.
Emilio Lozoya’s complaint against Enrique Peña Nieto and Luis Videgaray
Emilio Lozoya, former director of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) accused of receiving bribes from Odebrecht, yesterday denounced former President Enrique Peña Nieto and Luis Videgaray, former Secretary of the Treasury, for his alleged involvement in this corruption plot and for authorizing bribes.
Emilio Lozoya. Photo: EFE
Alejandro Gertz Manero, holder of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), reported in a video to media that Lozoya formally pointed out to Peña Nieto and Videgaray to use 100 million pesos ($4.4 million) from the Odebrecht case to hire international advisers in the 2012 presidential campaign.” The one who was later president (Peña Nieto) and his secretary of the Treasury (Videgaray) are the people that this individual who is filing the complaint indicates that they were the ones who ordered that money to be given to several foreign election advisers,” Gertz Manero stressed.
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