Senate warns AMLO will leave debt to finance social programs

Senators warn that while the president of Mexico, AMLO will leave debt to finance large infrastructure works and pensions with more public debt, applies cuts to the health sector.
Juan Manuel Fócil, senator of the PRD argued that the government proposed to the Chamber of Deputies, in the Economic Package 2024, a deficit of 4.9%, which is considered the highest since 1989.
He explained that the deficit is when you spend more than you earn; In this case, he said, the federal government, in order to cover the expenditure, will ask for more public debt.
“For the record, I am saying more public debt because in the federal government every time they can they say that they have not asked for more credit, but, the truth is that the debt has at least increased 30 percent, like a trillion 300 billion pesos.”
“They try to deceive the people and say that because of austerity, because of the programs they make to reduce spending, they have managed to give pensions and, in addition, to do great public works; The truth is that almost everything is being financed with public debt,” he argued.
PAN Senator Ismael Cabeza de Vaca criticized that the Mayan Train will cost three times what they initially said in Morena, since at the moment 480 billion pesos would be added and they still do not finish it.
“Also the useless AIFA will have three times more resources than what was proposed, it is a bottomless pit where the money of Mexican families is wasted. 2024 means a waste of Morena, which will come directly from the pockets of families,” he added.
“This budget cut to the Ministry of Health is very worrisome, because it will impact those who have less. It is a fact that Mexicans cannot go to the very expensive hospitals, to which López Obrador or his family goes, or all the privileged ones of Morena; as most Mexicans cannot go to those hospitals, they go to the Ministry of Health,” he said.

Original source in Spanish