After it was approved this morning in the Chamber of Deputies the Expenditure Budget of the Federation (PEF) For next year’s fiscal year, the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in his press conference this Thursday that He is “very happy” because a budget “without bugs” was endorsed.
“The budget was approved, I am very happy, The budget for next year was approved, it is the budget for well-being to continue reducing economic and social inequality, it is the last budget that I have to present,” said the president.
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Meanwhile, he also minimized the discrepancies of the legislators that occurred during the discussion in the early morning for the Morena deputies not endorsing a special bag to rebuild the port of Acapulco after the ravages of Hurricane Otis.
Likewise, he stressed that the PEF 2024 It will serve to directly support 30 million Mexicans, while ensuring that there are resources to put Acapulco on its feet.
The president also said about the consent of the Judiciary to deliver the resources of the 13 trusts that they were extinguished “I don’t see it clearly” and added that the opposition was probably going to get angry with Norma Piña, minister president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).
“It hasn’t happened yet, surely the conservatives were angry with her. Do you think you’re in charge?” said the president ironically.
He added that he alsowith this budget “scholarships for basic education will be increased to double what is currently provided.” About 4 and a half million, 5 million, 10 million scholarships will be delivered, only basic level,” he highlighted.
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This Thursday, the Plenary Session of San Lázaro approved, in general and in particular, the opinion of PEF 2024 with 266 votes in favor, 204 against and one abstention.
On the other hand, he took the opportunity to thank the deputies who voted in favor of the project because, he said, They put the interests of the nation and its population before personal ones.