translated from Spanish: It’s now a national sport to blame austerity: AMLO

Mexico City.- Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), president of Mexico, said that it was already a national sport to be blaming his republican austerity measure, after the National Electoral Institute (INE) indicated that there will not be enough budget to install polling stations and carry out the citizen consultation to prosecute former presidents.” It is already a national sport to blame austerity, which is already a topic in the discussion, the debate, still used to improperly justify certain attitudes, but we do need austerity, because there was a lot of waste that existed, “said AMLO. President Andres Manuel added that autonomous bodies such as the INE are upset because the luxuries of those who were benefited before his government are over, so they reproach the zero investment that exists on the part of the Federal Government of public resources to the organizations. Read more: AMLO is a cynic and liar for saying there are no more massacres in Mexico: Chief Diego However, AMLO reiterated that during previous administrations, public resources were allocated to everything but his main function, which is the benefit of the people. The budget was not allocated to the people, not even a part of it,” he said. “As there is no longer that mechanism of government (…) they blame austerity, because we have already talked about how, to pretend that the people were being served, they created institutions for everything,” added the chief executive.Andrés Manuel indicated that the INE must carry out the consultation with the budget of 20 million pesos that it receives from the Federa, however he acknowledged that of these resources , the corresponding to each match is distributed. In this regard, the president added that the budget given to political parties in Mexico must also be regularized, reiterating that the INE is the most colossed electoral body in the world. Finally, AMLO said that it is not possible for there to be savings in the INE, because its advisers earn more than the president, although “if they spend a lot on per diems, good restaurants, wines,” he said. Alliance seeks to annul election in Michoacan

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